The World's Largest Known Sponge Is The Size of a Minivan – And Its Species Is a Mystery

In 2015 NOAA scientists on the research vessel Okeanos Explorer discovered the world’s largest known sponge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Pacific Ocean, at 2,130 m depth. The glass sponge measured about 3.7 m long, 2.1 m wide and 1.5 m high, roughly the size of a minivan, but its exact species remains unidentified.

Source: The World's Largest Known Sponge Is The Size of a Minivan – And Its Species Is a Mystery — ScienceAlert

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