A global dataset of demosponge distribution records [PDF]
Data in BriefBiodiversity information in the form of species occurrence records is key for monitoring and predicting current and future biodiversity patterns, as well as for guiding conservation and management strategies. However, the reliability and accuracy of this
Ariadni Vafeiadou +2 more
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Respiration kinetics and allometric scaling in the demosponge Halichondria panicea [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Background The aquiferous system in sponges represents one of the simplest circulatory systems used by animals for the internal uptake and distribution of oxygen and metabolic substrates.
Lars Kumala +2 more
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First Report on Chitin in a Non-Verongiid Marine Demosponge: The Mycale euplectellioides Case [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2018 Sponges (Porifera) are recognized as aquatic multicellular organisms which developed an effective biochemical pathway over millions of years of evolution to produce both biologically active secondary metabolites and biopolymer-based skeletal structures ...
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A remarkable new halichondrid demosponge, Ptilospongia hemisphaeroidalis, from the latest Ordovician Beigong Biota, South China [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 A new halichondrid demosponge bubarid Ptilospongia hemisphaeroidalis gen. et sp. nov. is described from the latest Ordovician Beigong Biota in Jingxian County, Anhui Province, South China.
Lixia Li, Joachim Reitner
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Phylomitogenomics bolsters the high-level classification of Demospongiae (phylum Porifera). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Class Demospongiae is the largest in the phylum Porifera (Sponges) and encompasses nearly 8,000 accepted species in three subclasses: Keratosa, Verongimorpha, and Heteroscleromorpha.
Dennis V Lavrov +6 more
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Validating the classics: Accurate reference gene panel for reliable RT-qPCR in Porifera. [PDF]
PLoS ONEQuantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) is a powerful method for gene expression analysis, but its accuracy critically depends on the selection of stable reference genes for normalization.
Kseniia V Skorentseva +4 more
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Microbiome changes in the sponge Halichondria panicea along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe Baltic Sea is characterized by a strong salinity gradient, which impacts the diversity and composition of free-living macro- and microorganisms. Much less is known about how host-associated microorganisms are affected by decreasing salinities. Marine
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Creation of a 3D Goethite–Spongin Composite Using an Extreme Biomimetics Approach [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 The structural biopolymer spongin in the form of a 3D scaffold resembles in shape and size numerous species of industrially useful marine keratosan demosponges.
Anita Kubiak +17 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Contractile behavior is common among sponges despite their lack of nerves and muscles. As sessile filter-feeders, sponges rely on water with suspended food particles being pumped through their aquiferous system.
Josephine Goldstein +2 more
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Seventeen new complete mtDNA sequences reveal extensive mitochondrial genome evolution within the Demospongiae. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Two major transitions in animal evolution--the origins of multicellularity and bilaterality--correlate with major changes in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) organization.
Xiujuan Wang, Dennis V Lavrov
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