Epizoic limpets may reduce predation risk by riding mobile gastropod hosts, but the behavioral steps leading to host attachment and the benefits of attachment remain poorly understood. We examined the...
Carnivorous sponge-associated iridovirus (CaSpA-IV) is a recently described virus identified in two deep-sea cladorhizid sponge species from the Gulf of Maine and Baffin Bay. To assess its ecological ...
Suspension feeding, in which organisms filter particles from the water for nutrition, is a widespread and ecologically critical feeding strategy in aquatic ecosystems. And yet, the principles governin...