With the completion of a single unified classification, the Systema Porifera (SP) and
subsequent development of an online species database, the World Porifera Database …

Systematics is nowadays facing new challenges with the introduction of new concepts and
new techniques. Compared to most other phyla, phylogenetic relationships among sponges …

Porifera have long been a reservoir for the discovery of bioactive compounds and drug
discovery. Most research in the area has focused on sponges from tropical and temperate …

The occurrence of different sponge species bearing the same Linnean binomial name
combination, ie homonyms, is to be avoided for obvious reasons. In a review of sponge …

Despite the acknowledged high diversity of sponges in the Caribbean Sea, calcareous
sponges from this region have been poorly studied. In order to start filling this gap, in this …

This research presents 17 new species of carnivorous sponges from the family
Cladorhizidae sampled at bathyal and abyssal depths off the east coast of Australia during …

Abstract Leucaltidae (Calcinea: Clathrinida) was proposed for a group of calcareous
sponges with a well-developed cortical region, while the choanosomal and atrial skeletons …

Marine bioinvasions are potential threats to biodiversity and ecosystems services, being one
of the major environmental, human health and socio-economic problems throughout the …

Extensive new collections of latrunculid sponges from British Columbia, the Aleutian Islands,
and the Gulf of Alaska, have extended the distributions of known species Latrunculia …

Background Among all present demosponges, lithistids represent a polyphyletic group with
exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back to the Cambrian. Knowledge of their recent …