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  1. #Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges phys.org/news/2023-09-scientis

    #Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    "Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"