Filtration Rates and Scaling in Demosponges
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Demosponges are modular filter-feeding organisms that are made up of aquiferous units or modules with one osculum per module. Such modules may grow to reach a maximal size.
Hans Ulrik Riisgård, Poul S. Larsen
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On the Mechanical Properties of Microfibre-Based 3D Chitinous Scaffolds from Selected Verongiida Sponges [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 Skeletal constructs of diverse marine sponges remain to be a sustainable source of biocompatible porous biopolymer-based 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering and technology, especially structures isolated from cultivated demosponges, which belong to the ...
Tomas Duminis +9 more
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Identification and Current Palaeobiological Understanding of “Keratosa”-Type Nonspicular Demosponge Fossils in Carbonates: With a New Example from the Lowermost Triassic, Armenia [PDF]
Life, 2022 Structures similar to fossilized nonspicular demosponges have been reported in carbonates throughout the Phanerozoic and recently in rocks dating back to 890 Ma ago.
Cui Luo +4 more
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The mitochondrial genomes of sponges provide evidence for multiple invasions by Repetitive Hairpin-forming Elements (RHE) [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2009 Background The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of sponges possess a variety of features, which appear to be intermediate between those of Eumetazoa and non-metazoan opisthokonts.
Lavrov Dennis V +3 more
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Miocene sponge assemblages in the face of the Messinian Salinity Crisis—new data from the Atlanto-Mediterranean seaway [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The Messinian Salinity Crisis is considered as one of the most influential Cenozoic events that impacted negatively on the benthic fauna of the Mediterranean area.
Magdalena Łukowiak +4 more
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Reconstruction of family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear encoded housekeeping genes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Demosponges are challenging for phylogenetic systematics because of their plastic and relatively simple morphologies and many deep divergences between major clades.
Malcolm S Hill +32 more
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Transcriptomic Insights Into the Immune Repertoire of an Antarctic Sponge [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Post‐Embryonic Development and Formation of the Heterocoelic Aquiferous System in Two Species of Calcareous Sponges (Calcarea, Porifera) [PDF]
Molecular Reproduction and Development, Volume 92, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT We characterized the morphogenetic processes of larval metamorphosis and the development of the olynthus and heterocoelic aquiferous system (AS) in Sycettusa hastifera (syconoid) and Paraleucilla magna (leuconoid) (Porifera, Calcarea). Metamorphosis and development up to the olynthus were similar in both species.
Emilio Lanna, Michelle Klautau
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A global dataset of demosponge distribution records. [PDF]
Data 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 information are frequently undermined by taxonomic and spatial errors.
Vafeiadou A, Fragkopoulou E, Assis J.
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miRNA Repertoires of Demosponges Stylissa carteri and Xestospongia testudinaria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that are involved in many biological process in eukaryotes. They play a crucial role in modulating genetic expression of their targets, which makes them integral components of transcriptional regulatory ...
Yi Jin Liew +3 more
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