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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
wiley   +1 more source

Bioremediation Capabilities of Hymeniacidon perlevis (Porifera, Demospongiae) in a Land-Based Experimental Fish Farm

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
The expansion of aquaculture practices in coastal areas can alter the balance of microbial communities in nearby marine ecosystems with negative impacts on both farmed and natural species, as well as on human health through their consumption.
Caterina Longo, Cataldo Pierri, Maria Mercurio, Roberta Trani, Frine Cardone, Pierluigi Carbonara, Sébastien Alfonso, Loredana Stabili   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Coralline demosponges ; a geobiological portrait

, 2001
The polyphyletic coralline demosponges possess a calcareous basal skeleton of 4 major morphotypes. Each has its own phylogenetic history, with different mechanisms of formation. One extant taxon of each skeletal type has been investigated, and its biochemical (e.g., intracrystalline organic matrix proteins), geochemical (e.g., stable isotopes), and ...
Reitner, Joachim, Wörheide, Gert, Lange, Robert, Schumann-Kindel, Gabriela   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cytotoxicity and Glycan-Binding Properties of an 18 kDa Lectin Isolated from the Marine Sponge <em>Halichondria </em><em>o</em><em>kadai</em>

Toxins, 2012
A divalent cation-independent lectin—HOL-18, with cytotoxic activity against leukemia cells, was purified from a demosponge, <em>Halichondria okadai</em>. HOL-18 is a 72 kDa tetrameric lectin that consists of four non-covalently bonded 18 kDa
Yasuhiro Ozeki, Jiharu Hamako, Taei Matsui, Kazuo Nitta, Masahiro Hosono, Shigeki Sugawara, Chang Hun Im, Yukiko Ogawa, Hidetaro Yasumitsu, Robert A. Kanaly, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Yuki Fujii, Ryo Matsumoto, Chihiro Iwahara, Imtiaj Hasan, Yasuhiro Koide   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sponge community of the western Black Sea shallow water caves: diversity and spatial distribution [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Marine caves possess unique biocoenotic and ecological characteristics. Sessile benthic species such as sponges associated with cave habitats typically show a marked zonation from the cave entrance towards the end of the cave.
Alexander Ereskovsky, Oleg A. Kovtun, Konstantin K. Pronin, Apostol Apostolov, Dirk Erpenbeck, Viatcheslav Ivanenko   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-wide analysis of the sox family in the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum: multiple genes with unique expression patterns

EvoDevo, 2012
Background Sox genes are HMG-domain containing transcription factors with important roles in developmental processes in animals; many of them appear to have conserved functions among eumetazoans.
Fortunato Sofia, Adamski Marcin, Bergum Brith, Guder Corina, Jordal Signe, Leininger Sven, Zwafink Christin, Rapp Hans, Adamska Maja   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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