Native Hawaiian Sea Snails Eat Invasive Sponge

ENN
Aug 20, 2020, 12:11 pm157 pts
The Hawaiian tiger cowrie (Leho-kiko in Hawaiian) is a voracious predator of alien sponges such as the orange keyhole sponge, which can overgrow native corals and has become a concern as it spreads across reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu.

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