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Towards Key Principles of Host‐Associated Microbiome Assembly

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2026.
Symbiotic relationships between microbes and hosts frequently involve the assembly of complex microbial communities (i.e., the microbiome). Microbiome composition and function influence host life‐history traits, ecological trajectories of partners, and are often critical for host health.
Gui Araujo, Torsten Thomas, José M. Montoya, Nicole S. Webster, Miguel Lurgi   +4 more
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Diverse RNA interference strategies in early-branching metazoans

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Background Micro RNAs (miRNAs) and piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs), along with the more ancient eukaryotic endogenous small interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs) constitute the principal components of the RNA interference (RNAi) repertoire of most animals.
Andrew D. Calcino, Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde, Ryan J. Taft, Bernard M. Degnan   +3 more
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Rapid Decreases and Performance Declines in Northeast Pacific Seamount Foundation Species Detected in an Oxygen Minimum Zone

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2026.
Across 12 long‐term monitoring sites on three Northeast Pacific seamounts, 163 of 844 cold‐water coral and sponge individuals were lost between surveys 3–5 years apart, with abundance declining at five sites and condition (i.e., health) declining at nine.
Lindsay Clark, Cherisse Du Preez, Georgia Clyde, Amanda E. Bates   +3 more
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Associations of Commercial Fisheries and Cold‐Water Corals and Sponges

Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 116-129, March 2026.
Three metrics for determining whether the marine life that are landed by commercial fisheries are associated with cold‐water corals and sponges: (a) Adjacent; (b) General Proximity; and (c) Habitat. The relationship between these structure forming invertebrates (SFI) and fisheries is robust across analytical approaches.
Jennifer Coyle Selgrath, Elizabeth Duncan, Tom Laidig   +2 more
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A crown-group demosponge from the early Cambrian Sirius Passet Biota, North Greenland

, 2014
Calibration of the divergence times of sponge lineages and understanding of their phylogenetic history are hampered by the difficulty in recognizing crown versus stem groups in the fossil record. A new specimen from the lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3;
Paco Cárdenas, Cardenas, Paco,, Joseph P. Botting, Botting, Joseph P., Peel, John S.,, John S. Peel   +5 more
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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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Barcoding‐Inferred Biodiversity of Shallow‐Water Indo‐Pacific Demosponges

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim The Indo‐Pacific is the world's largest marine biogeographic region. It is characterised by different degrees of connectivity among its subregions and harbours the majority of demosponge species currently known to science. Comparisons between regional sponge faunas have been undertaken in the past, mostly based on morphological species ...
Dirk Erpenbeck, Adrian Galitz, Michael L. Berumen, Gabriele Büttner, Cécile Debitus, Moritz Dirnberger, Merrick Ekins, Kathryn Hall, Leonard Namuth, Sylvain Petek, Neda Rahnamae, Maggie M. Reddy, Daniela Rettenberger, Stefanie R. Ries, Simone Schätzle, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Edwin Setiawan, Joëlle van der Sprong, Olivier P. Thomas, Vani Tirumalasetty, Nicole J. de Voogd, Oliver Voigt, John N. A. Hooper, Gert Wörheide   +23 more
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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
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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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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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