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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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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Sex Determination in Sponges [PDF]
Molecular Reproduction and Development, Volume 93, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT Sex determination in Porifera remains one of the least understood aspects of early metazoan biology despite the group's key phylogenetic position. Sponges display exceptional diversity in sexual systems—ranging from stable gonochorism to sequential hermaphroditism and sex reversal—yet lack morphological dimorphism and any discrete gonadal ...
Jose M. Lorente‐Sorolla, Ana Riesgo
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Respiration kinetics and allometric scaling in the demosponge Halichondria panicea [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023 AbstractBackground: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. Its modular organization enables sponges to metabolically scale with size differently than animals with an internal circulatory system.
Kumala, Lars; id_orcid 0000-0002-5160-781X +2 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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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 information are frequently undermined by taxonomic and spatial errors.
Vafeiadou, Ariadni +2 more
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Species-specific community structure in the microbiomes and eukaryotic communities associated with Mediterranean golf ball sponges [PDF]
PeerJBackground Sponges harbor complex and diverse microbiomes that contribute to the host’s fitness and, ultimately, the health of the ecosystems sponges inhabit.
Natalie Lewis +5 more
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Extreme phenotypic plasticity in metabolic physiology of Antarctic Demosponges [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Seasonal measurements of the metabolic physiology of four Antarctic demosponges and their associated assemblages, maintained in a flow through aquarium facility, demonstrated one of the largest differences in seasonal strategies between species and their
Simon Anthony Morley +5 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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Two Demosponges as Promising Bioremediators of a Potential Pathogenic Vibrio [PDF]
BiologyWith more than 9600 valid species worldwide [...]
Joseba Aguilo-Arce +5 more
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