University of Hawaii: Native Hawaiian Sea Snails Eat Invasive Sponge
August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 20 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Aug. 19:
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 Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.
This was discovered by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) in a study pub . . .
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 Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.
This was discovered by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) in a study pub . . .