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

Marine sponges often contain diverse and abundant microbial communities, including
bacteria, archaea, microalgae, and fungi. In some cases, these microbial associates …

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are early-diverging metazoa renowned for establishing complex
microbial symbioses. Here we present a global Porifera microbiome survey, set out to …

We present a consensus classification of life to embrace the more than 1.6 million species
already provided by more than 3,000 taxonomists' expert opinions in a unified and coherent …

Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River
represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3× 106 …

The discovery of phylogenetically complex, yet highly sponge-specific microbial
communities in marine sponges, including novel lineages and even candidate phyla, came …

Plants, marine organisms, and microorganisms have evolved complex chemical defense
and signaling systems that are designed to protect them from predators and provide other …

The origin of many of the defining features of animal body plans, such as symmetry, nervous
system, and the mesoderm, remains shrouded in mystery because of major uncertainty …

Background Demospongiae is the largest sponge class including 81% of all living sponges
with nearly 7,000 species worldwide. Systema Porifera (2002) was the result of a large …

Because of their characteristic living environments, marine organisms produce a variety of
lipids. Fatty acids constitute the essential part of triglycerides and wax esters, which are the …