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Genomic Connectivity and Adaptation Signals of the Freshwater Sponge Ephydatia muelleri Across Its Distribution

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Genetic connectivity and local adaptation were examined across the distribution of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri. Because it occupies an exceptional breadth of freshwater environments across a broad geographic range, this species offers key insights into biogeographic processes shaping genetic structure and adaptation in inland ...
Laura de la Cruz‐Castillejo, Robert Cassidy, Konstantina Mitsi, Carles Galià‐Camps, Ana Benítez‐López, Carlota Gracia‐Sancha, Jose Lorente‐Sorolla, Almudena Álvarez‐Fernández, Rocío Mozo, Stephen Kolomyjec, Scott Nichols, Renata Manconi, Raquel Pereira, Karen Evans, Valeria Itskovich, April L. Horton, Sally P. Leys, Sergi Taboada, Ana Riesgo   +18 more
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Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian [PDF]

, 2015
An extraordinarily well preserved, 600-million-year (Myr)-old, three-dimensionally phosphatized fossil displaying multiple independent characters of modern adult sponges has been analyzed by SEM and synchrotron X-ray tomography.
Bottjer, David J., Davidson, Eric H., Tafforeau, Paul, Yin, Zongjun, Zhao, Fangchen, Zhu, Maoyan   +5 more
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Moving Beyond Morphology: Genomic Insights Into Evolutionary Histories of Haplosclerid Sponges

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 177-194, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Accurate taxonomic identification is essential for defining species boundaries and understanding biodiversity. However, this remains challenging for groups where morphological character evolution is poorly understood or diagnostic traits are absent.
Joëlle van der Sprong, Nicole J. de Voogd, Simone Schätzle, Nora Dotzler, Sergio Vargas, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aggregated clumps of lithistid sponges: a singular, reef-like bathyal habitat with relevant paleontological connections.

PLoS ONE, 2015
The advent of deep-sea exploration using video cameras has uncovered extensive sponge aggregations in virtually all oceans. Yet, a distinct type is herein reported from the Mediterranean: a monospecific reef-like formation built by the lithistid ...
Manuel Maldonado, Ricardo Aguilar, Jorge Blanco, Silvia García, Alberto Serrano, Antonio Punzón   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Skeletal Amino Acid Composition of the Marine Demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

Marine Drugs, 2014
It has been discovered during the past few years that demosponges of the order Verongida such as Aplysina cavernicola exhibit chitin-based skeletons. Verongida sponges are well known to produce bioactive brominated tyrosine derivatives. We could recently
Susanne Ueberlein, Susanne Machill, Hendrik Niemann, Peter Proksch, Eike Brunner   +4 more
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Corallistin A, a second example of a free porphyrin from a living organism : isolation from the demosponge Corallistes sp. of the coral see and inhibition of abnormal cells [PDF]

, 1989
It is shown that the demosponge #Corallistes$ sp. (#Tetractinomorpha$, #Lithistida$, #Corallistidae$) collected in the Coral Sea, contains corallistin A, the second example, of a free porphyrin from a living organism.
D'Ambrosio, Michèle, Guerriero, A. Debitus, Cécile, Pietra, F., Ribes, Olivier, Richer de Forges, Bertrand   +4 more
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Transcriptomic Insights Into the Immune Repertoire of an Antarctic Sponge

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
Antarctic marine sponges are essential components of the benthic fauna, playing a crucial role in structuring this ecosystem through their own biological activities and their symbiotic relationships with diverse microorganisms. Yet, the transcriptional repertoire and the immune responses associated with interactions with microorganisms in this unique ...
Leslie K. Daille, Mario Moreno‐Pino, Eduardo Hajdu, Nicole Trefault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lindane Bioremediation Capability of Bacteria Associated with the Demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis

Marine Drugs, 2017
Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide belonging to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that has been widely used to treat agricultural pests. It is of particular concern because of its toxicity, persistence and tendency to bioaccumulate in terrestrial ...
Stabili Loredana, Pizzolante Graziano, Morgante Antonio, Nonnis Marzano Carlotta, Longo Caterina, Aresta Antonella Maria, Zambonin Carlo, Corriero Giuseppe, Alifano Pietro   +8 more
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Why Homoscleromorph Sponges Have Ciliated Epithelia: Evidence for an Ancestral Role in Mucociliary Driven Particle Flux

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 344, Issue 8, Page 505-516, December 2025.
Epithelia are typically ciliated, except in sponges. Of all Porifera only Homoscleromorphs have motile cilia on their epithelia. Our data highlight the presence of cilia and mucociliary particle transport as a common feature of metazoa and a secondary loss in other sponge lineages.
Veronica L. Price, Anudi Nanayakkara, Andrea Pasini, Elsa Bazellières, Amelie Vernale, Caroline Rocher, Carole Borchiellini, Andre Le Bivic, Emmanuelle Renard, Sally P. Leys   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The HMA-LMA dichotomy revisited: an electronmicroscopical survey of 56 sponge species [PDF]

, 2014
The dichotomy between high microbial abundance (HMA) and low microbial abundance (LMA) sponges has been long recognized. In the present study, 56 sponge species from three geographic regions (greater Caribbean, Mediterranean, Red Sea) were investigated ...
Erpenbeck, Dirk, Gernert, Christine, Gloeckner, Volker, Hentschel, Ute, Lindquist, Niels L., Moitinho-Silva, Lucas, Pawlik, Joseph R., Schupp, Peter, Wehrl, Markus, Wörheide, Gert, Wörheide, Gert   +10 more
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