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Seasonal Growth Rate of the Sponge Haliclona oculata (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) [PDF]

, 2008
The interest in sponges has increased rapidly since the discovery of potential new pharmaceutical compounds produced by many sponges. A good method to produce these compounds by using aquaculture of sponges is not yet available, because there is ...
Marieke Koopmans, René H. Wijffels, DA Abdo, A Alonso, S Aoki, AL Ayling, C Barranguet, D Barthel, JA Camargo, S Caralt De, AR Duckworth, DW Elvin, JA Findlay, J Garrabou, NK Goosen, S Handley, JA Kaandorp, D Mendola, PR Muir, J Nieuwenhuijze, MJ Page, I Pajica, M Ribes, EA Santalova, TL Simpson, D Sipkema, S Thomassen, JL Wulff, G Yahel, S Yu   +29 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
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of marine eukaryote evolution on phosphorus, carbon and oxygen cycling across the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic transition [PDF]

, 2018
This is the final version of the article. Available from Portland Press via the DOI in this record.A ‘Neoproterozoic oxygenation event’ is widely invoked as a causal factor in animal evolution, and often attributed to abiotic causes such as post-glacial ...
Daines, S, Lenton, TM
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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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Deceptive desmas: molecular phylogenetics suggests a new classification and uncovers convergent evolution of lithistid demosponges. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Reconciling the fossil record with molecular phylogenies to enhance the understanding of animal evolution is a challenging task, especially for taxa with a mostly poor fossil record, such as sponges (Porifera).
Astrid Schuster, Dirk Erpenbeck, Andrzej Pisera, John Hooper, Monika Bryce, Jane Fromont, Gert Wörheide   +6 more
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The mitochondrial genome of the hexactinellid sponge : Evidence for programmed translational frameshifting [PDF]

, 2008
Background Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) of numerous sponges have been sequenced as part of an ongoing effort to resolve the class-level phylogeny of the Porifera, as well as to place the various lower metazoan groups on the animal-kingdom tree.
Leys Sally P, Moreno Maria A, Sperling Erik A, Rosengarten Rafael D, Dellaporta Stephen L   +4 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
wiley   +1 more source

Sponge Aquaculture Trials in the East-Mediterranean Sea: New Approaches to Earlier Ideas [PDF]

Aquaculture trials were conducted in the East Aegean Sea with Dysidea avara and Chondrosia reniformis to test the possibility of growing these sponges in the vicinity of sea-based fish farms.
Cerig, E., Gokalp, M., Gokalp, S.Z., Osinga, R., Sidri, M.   +4 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

Affinities of the family Sollasellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae). II. Molecular evidence [PDF]

, 2007
This is the second part of a revision and re-classification of the demosponge family Sollasellidae, and an example of a successful use of combined morphological and molecular data. Sollasella had been a poorly known, long forgotten taxon, placed incertae
Degnan, Bernard M., Erpenbeck, Dirk, Hooper, John N. A., List-Armitage, Sue E., van Soest, Rob W. M., Wörheide, Gert   +5 more
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