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 …

Bioeroding sponges play a central role in carbonate cycling on corals reefs. They may
respond differently to habitat deterioration than many other benthic invertebrates, because at …

Costa do Descobrimento is located in southern Bahia, Brazil, and only 22 species of
sponges (Porifera) were known from the area until now, despite its important reef formations …

Here, we provide the first list of shallow-water hydroids for Alacranes Reef, Mexico,
comprising 49 species in 33 genera. The most speciose superorder was Leptothecata (36 …

Siliceous spicules in demosponges exist in a variety of shapes, some of which look like
minute spheres of glass. They are called “sterrasters” when they belong to the Geodiidae …

Until now, 127 species of marine sponges have been recorded in the southern Gulf of
Mexico (SGoM). In this study, we describe the sponge fauna recorded on 16 coral reefs of …

The biodiversity of the coastal ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico is threatened by
anthropogenic activities of various kinds. The predominant portion of the land-sea margin in …

SSP (simulation‐based sampling protocol) is an R package that uses simulations of
ecological data and dissimilarity‐based multivariate standard error (MultSE) as an estimator …

Durante el periodo junio-agosto de 2015, se realizaron muestreos en 12 puntos geográficos
del arrecife Oro Verde para explorar las porciones norte, sur, centro, este y oeste, con la …

Excavating sponges are one of the main groups of bioeroders in coral reefs. Their diversity
has been thoroughly studied in some regions: in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the …