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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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
Philipp Hoy +4 more
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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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The demosponge Leptomitus cf. L. lineatus, first occurence from the Middle Cambrian of Spain (Murero Formation, Western Iberian Chain) [PDF]
Geologica Acta, 2003 The Middle Cambrian Murero Formation in the Iberian Chain (NE Spain) has yielded a small collection of softbodied fossils (palaeoscolecid worms, onychophorans, algae), a host of fossils from organisms with mineralized skeletons such as trilobites and ...
Diego García-Bellido Capdevila
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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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Life-cycle traits in the demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis in a land-based fish farm [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background The demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis is characterized by wide geographic distribution and great adaptability to numerous and highly variable climatic and hydrological conditions.
Maria Mercurio +7 more
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The ontogeny of choanocyte chambers during metamorphosis in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica [PDF]
EvoDevo, 2016 Background The aquiferous body plan of poriferans revolves around internal chambers comprised of choanocytes, a cell type structurally similar to choanoflagellates.
Shunsuke Sogabe +2 more
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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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Recruitment, growth and mortality of an Antarctic hexactinellid sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini. [PDF]
, 2012 Polar ecosystems are sensitive to climate forcing, and we often lack baselines to evaluate changes. Here we report a nearly 50-year study in which a sudden shift in the population dynamics of an ecologically important, structure-forming hexactinellid ...
Barber, Julie S +11 more
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