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 …

The relatively new research discipline of Eco-Metabolomics is the application of
metabolomics techniques to ecology with the aim to characterise biochemical interactions of …

Background Marine ecosystems are hosts to a vast array of organisms, being among the
most richly biodiverse locations on the planet. The study of these ecosystems is very …

Chemical ecology has strong links with metabolomics, the large-scale study of all
metabolites detectable in a biological sample. Consequently, chemical ecologists are often …

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are a diverse taxon of benthic aquatic animals of great
ecological, commercial, and biopharmaceutical importance. They are arguably the earliest …

Environmental metabolomics can be described as the study of the interactions of living
organisms with their natural environments at the metabolic level. Until recently, nuclear …

Over the past few years, there has been growing interest among the sponge community in
the phylogenetic position of the Homoscleromorpha (ie within or outside the class …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) comprises a vast and unexplored molecular space.
Most of it resided in the oceans for thousands of years. It is among the most diverse …