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Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplanidae (Ctenophora, Platyctenida). Abstract We present a phylogenetic analysis of benthic ctenophores of the order Platyctenida, sampling all but one genus ...
Nicholas Bezio, Gustav Paulay, Allen Collins   +2 more
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Effect of Acute Thermal Stress Exposure on Ecophysiological Traits of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrilla nucula: Implications for Climate Change

Biology, 2023
As a result of climate change, the Mediterranean Sea has been exposed to an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heat waves in the last decades, some of which caused mass mortality events of benthic invertebrates, including sponges.
Mar Bosch-Belmar, Martina Milanese, Antonio Sarà, Valeria Mobilia, Gianluca Sarà   +4 more
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Divergence times in demosponges (Porifera): first insights from new mitogenomes and the inclusion of fossils in a birth-death clock model

bioRxiv, 2017
BackgroundApproximately 80% of all described extant sponge species belong to the class Demospongiae. Yet, despite their diversity and importance, accurate divergence times are still unknown for most demosponge clades.
A. Schuster, S. Vargas, Ingrid S S Knapp, S. Pomponi, R. Toonen, D. Erpenbeck, Gert Wöerheide   +6 more
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Evaluating the possible role of bottom currents and internal waves in shaping seafloor morphology in a mesophotic reef

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mesophotic reefs are located in low light conditions which, depending on the region, are usually found in water depths greater than ~30 m. They are less affected by ocean warming than reefs found in shallower water depths and thus might become increasingly important for the sustainability of marine biodiversity.
Or M. Bialik, Henriette Wilckens, Omri Gadol, Aaron Micallef, Christian Betzler, Ole Johannes R. Sørensen, Hagai Nativ, Yizhaq Makovsky   +7 more
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Microbial communities and bioactive compounds in marine sponges of the family Irciniidae-a review [PDF]

, 2014
Marine sponges harbour complex microbial communities of ecological and biotechnological importance. Here, we propose the application of the widespread sponge family Irciniidae as an appropriate model in microbiology and biochemistry research. Half a gram
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Macroid Formation in Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. From Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile With New Insights on Mitogenome Evolution in Serpulidae (Annelida)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
We describe Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. from Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile and provide the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus Salmacina. The species forms distinctive macroid colonies in Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows, offering new insights into serpulid life history and habitat specialization.
Hannah A. Cremer, Elena Kupriyanova, Alexander H. Knorrn, Sidi M. M. Moctar, Andre Freiwald, Ekin Tilic   +5 more
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Marine benthic flora and fauna of Gourdon Bay and the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of North-Western Australia [PDF]

, 2011
Surveys undertaken to characterise the marine benthic habitats along the Dampier Peninsula and further south at Gourdon Bay in the Kimberley region of Western Australia were augmented with epibenthic sled sampling of soft and hard bottom habitats.
Alderslade, P., Clapin, G., Fromont, J., Hosie, A.M., Huisman, J.M., Irvine, T.R., Keesing, J.K., Marsh, L.M., Naughton, K.M., Phillips, J.C., Slack-Smith, S.M., Thomson, D.P., Watson, J.E.   +12 more
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Evolution of group I introns in Porifera: new evidence for intron mobility and implications for DNA barcoding

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
BackgroundMitochondrial introns intermit coding regions of genes and feature characteristic secondary structures and splicing mechanisms. In metazoans, mitochondrial introns have only been detected in sponges, cnidarians, placozoans and one annelid ...
A. Schuster, J. Lopez, L. Becking, M. Kelly, S. Pomponi, G. Wörheide, D. Erpenbeck, P. Cárdenas   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Invertebrate Biodiversity Associated With a Unique Bryozoan Biogenic Reef Complex (Western Port, Victoria, Australia)

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT A unique biogenic bryozoan reef has been recently discovered in Western Port (a temperate embayment), Victoria, Australia. This reef is significant owing to its contiguous, regular, linear rows of densely stacked bryozoan colonies with large vertical relief. We aimed to (1) document the biodiversity of the macroinvertebrate epifauna associated
Nicki K. Wilson, Stella E. Fulton, Adrian J. Flynn, Travis L. Dutka   +3 more
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Bioactividad de las esponjas marinas Cliona varians y Cinachyrella kuekenthali provenientes de Isla Larga, Bahía de Mochima, Estado Sucre, Venezuela

Ciencia UNEMI, 2016
The marine sponges Cliona varians and Cinachyrella kuekenthali, were collected in Isla Larga, Mochima Bay, Sucre state, Venezuela, to study their bioactivity.
Guevara, Lino, Amaro, María, Fariñas, Milagros, López-Bermúdez, Ricauter, D’Armas, Haydelba   +4 more
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