Advanced adaptive strategies in an ancestral body plan: insights from a 510-Ma-old leptomitid sponge

Sponges have thrived in diverse environmental conditions since the early Cambrian until today. However, little is known about how their adaptive capability and strategies have been shaped throughout evolutionary history. Here, we explore this question based on a new leptomitid sponge fossil from the...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Cui Luo, Yanjie Hong, Zhixin Sun, Haijing Sun, Swee Cheng Lim, Tianyu Wang, Lei Zhang, Fangchen Zhao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2025-10-01
Subjects:	Ascospongiae protomonaxonid modularity functional morphology siliciclastic Guanshan Biota
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.251072