Sponges are a major component of benthic ecosystems across the world and fulfil a number
of important functional roles. However, despite their importance, there have been few …

Sponges are considered the oldest living animal group and provide important insights into
the earliest evolutionary processes in the Metazoa. This paper reviews the evidence that …

Le présent travail fait le point sur les progrès accomplis dans l'étude de l'écologie des larves
d'éponges depuis les excellentes rétrospectives des années 1970 et il souligne les …

Marine caves are widely acknowledged for their unique biodiversity and constitute a typical
feature of the Mediterranean coastline. Herein an attempt was made to evaluate the …

Different categories of molecular markers have been used so far to study the population
structure of sponges. However, these markers often did not have the resolution power to …

Crambe crambe is a common encrusting sponge found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
littoral. An analysis of a partial sequence (535 bp) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene …

Les esponges són organismes importants des del punt de vista ecològic, evolutiu i
biotecnològic: a) tenen un paper ecològic rellevant en moltes comunitats marines i …

Silicon is, besides oxygen, the most abundant element on earth. Only two taxa use this
element as a major constituent of their skeleton, namely sponges (phylum Porifera) and …

Leucetta 'chagosensis' is a widespread calcareous sponge, occurring in shaded habitats of
Indo‐Pacific coral reefs. In this study we explore relationships among 19 ribosomal DNA …

Abstract The Mediterranean bath sponge Spongia officinalis is an iconic species with high
socio‐economic value and precarious future owing to unregulated harvesting, mortality …