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

Carnivorous sponges are characterized by their unique method of capturing mesoplanktonic
prey coupled with the complete or partial reduction of the aquiferous system characteristic of …

The north flowing Falkland/Malvinas Current has generated sediment drifts at a depth of
1200–1600 m in the Patagonian middle continental slope out of early Holocene …

The study presents Cladorhizidae collected during Ifremer cruises in the Atlantic Ocean from
1981 to 2004. Fifteen species are described from the genera Abyssocladia, Asbestopluma …

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 …

As shown by recent studies, filter-feeding sponges are known to host a wide variety of
microorganisms. However, the microbial community of the non-filtering carnivorous sponges …

Carnivorous sponges belonging to family Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae,
Poecilosclerida) are unique within phylum Porifera due to their ability to capture and …

Abstract The family Cladorhizidae (Porifera) comprises a particularly interesting group of
sponges that has developed a carnivorous feeding strategy unique within the phylum …

Species of Cladorhizidae are most frequently found associated with hard substrates in the
deep sea, close to hydrothermal vents or cold water reefs. Deep sea coral mounds were …

This study investigates taxonomic characteristics of carnivorous sponges from the Southern
Ocean. The specimens were collected in 2010 from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the East …