Discovery of a “Living Dinosaur”: Globally unique modern hexactinellid sponge reefs off British Columbia, Canada

By M. Krautter, K. Conway, J. Barrie, Matthias Neuweiler. 2001

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Subfields: Archeology, Biotechnology, Ecology

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Citations in the corpus

• Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional Roles, and Conservation Concerns (2016, background): “…only known from the fossil record in mid-Jurassic to early-Cretaceous seas (Ghiold 1991; Wiedenmayer 1994), until to everyone’s surprise, analogous hexactinellid reefs were discovered alive (Conway et al. 1991, 2005; Krautter et al. 2001) on the western Canadian continental shelf in the 1980s (Fig.”
• In situ feeding and metabolism of glass sponges (Hexactinellida, Porifera) studied in a deep temperate fjord with a remotely operated submersible (2007, background): “During the Jurassic, similar sponges constructed vast bioherms that covered substantial parts of the north Tethys Sea (Ghiold 1991; Krautter et al. 2001).”
• Siliceous sponges as a silicon sink: An overlooked aspect of benthopelagic coupling in the marine silicon cycle (2005, background): “…illustrate the issue of BSi production and retention by sponge spicules below the photic layer is the recent discovery of seven living reefs of hexactinellids at bathyal depths (154–240 m) in the Hecate Strait and the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia (Conway et al. 2001; Krautter et al. 2001).”
• Deep-sea sponge grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest Atlantic (2013, background): “These biogenic habitats can be utilized by other biota as refuge from predators, as spawning and nursery grounds, and as attachment substrate for sessile invertebrates (Bett and Rice, 1992; Krautter et al., 2001; Fosså et al., 2002; Reed, 2002; Henkel and Pawlik, 2005).”