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A remarkable new halichondrid demosponge, Ptilospongia hemisphaeroidalis, from the latest Ordovician Beigong Biota, South China [PDF]

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023
A new halichondrid demosponge bubarid Ptilospongia hemisphaeroidalis gen. et sp. nov. is described from the latest Ordovician Beigong Biota in Jingxian County, Anhui Province, South China.
Lixia Li, Joachim Reitner
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Potential Biomedical Applications of Collagen Filaments derived from the Marine Demosponges Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864) and Sarcotragus foetidus (Schmidt, 1862)

Marine Drugs, 2021
Collagen filaments derived from the two marine demosponges Ircinia oros and Sarcotragus foetidus were for the first time isolated, biochemically characterised and tested for their potential use in regenerative medicine.
Marina Pozzolini, Eleonora Tassara, Andrea Dodero, Maila Castellano, Silvia Vicini, Sara Ferrando, Stefano Aicardi, Dario Cavallo, Marco Bertolino, Iaroslav Petrenko, Hermann Ehrlich, Marco Giovine   +11 more
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On the Influence of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem Habitats on Peracarid Crustacean Assemblages in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation Regulatory Area

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are considered hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the deep sea, but are also characterised by a high vulnerability to disturbance and a low recovery potential.
Oliver S. Ashford, Oliver S. Ashford, Andrew J. Kenny, Christopher R. S. Barrio Froján, Anna-Leena Downie, Tammy Horton, Alex D. Rogers   +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the invasive cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota (Demospongiae, Suberitida, Suberitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023
The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota occurs on tropical reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. The species encrusts live coral, and other benthos, and is considered a pest species that can threaten the health and productivity of locally native benthic ...
Zoe T. Richards, Hiroki Kise, Katrina M. West   +2 more
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Indigenous demosponge spicules in a Late Devonian stromatoporoid basal skeleton from the Frasnian of Belgium [PDF]

, 2014
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Kershaw, S, Reitner, J., Reynolds, A., Hubert, M, Reynolds, Alan, Mistiaen, Bruno, Boulvain, F., Benoit L. M. Hubert, Boulvain, F, Stephen Kershaw, Hubert, B.L.M., Reynolds, A, Alan Reynolds, Da Silva, A-C, Mistiaen, B, Boulvain, Frédéric, Bruno Mistiaen, Hubert, Benoit L. M., Frédéric Boulvain, Kershaw, Stephen, Anne-Christine Da Silva, Da Silva, A.-C., Reitner, J, Joachim Reitner, Da Silva, Anne-Christine, Hubert, BLM, Reitner, Joachim   +26 more
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ESTERÓIS E CONSTITUINTES VOLÁTEIS DA ESPONJA DULCÍCOLA Trochospongilla paulula (BOWERBANK)

Química Nova, 2015
The Neotropical region has the highest freshwater sponge diversity in the world, with the presence of species of the families Metaniidae, Potamolepidae, and Spongillidae.
Iuri B. de Barros, Cecília Volkmer Ribeiro, Valdir F. da Veiga Junior   +2 more
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Foundation Species Abundance Influences Food Web Topology on Glass Sponge Reefs

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Foundation species support communities across a wide range of ecosystems. Non-trophic interactions are considered the primary way foundation species influence communities, with their trophic interactions having little impact on community structure.
Stephanie K. Archer, Stephanie K. Archer, Amanda S. Kahn, Amanda S. Kahn, Mary Thiess, Mary Thiess, Lauren Law, Sally P. Leys, Sophia C. Johannessen, Craig A. Layman, Lily Burke, Anya Dunham   +11 more
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Records of distribution of deep-sea lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores archipelago

, 2021
Records of distribution of deep-sea lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores ...
Pham, Christopher Kim, Xavier, Joana R, Rees, David, Carvalho, Francisca C, Pereira, Raquel, Colaço, Ana   +5 more
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Taxonomic notes on Poecillastra sponges (Astrophorida: Pachastrellidae), with the description of three new bathyal southeastern Pacific species

Scientia Marina, 2011
Three new species of Poecillastra are described here from bathyal waters off central Chile. P. antonbruunae n. sp. is diagnosed by its two categories of oxeas, the smaller one only up to 621 μm in length, and calthrops as the sole triaene category; P ...
Mariana S. Carvalho, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Eduardo Hajdu   +2 more
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Alternative neural systems: What is a neuron? (Ctenophores, sponges and placozoans)

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022
How to make a neuron, a synapse, and a neural circuit? Is there only one ‘design’ for a neural architecture with a universally shared genomic blueprint across species?
Leonid L. Moroz, Leonid L. Moroz, Daria Y. Romanova   +2 more
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