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 …

Over the past several decades molecular tools have shown an enormous potential to aid in
the clarification of species boundaries in the marine realm, particularly in morphologically …

Being sessile filter feeders, sponges may be disadvantaged by sediments in many ways, eg
through clogging and burial. However, in order to correctly recognize negative effects of …

The skeleton morphology of the azooxanthellate cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa can be
strongly influenced by invasive boring sponges that infest corallites in the still living part of …

This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller
Mound, in the northern Porcupine Seabight. The predominant framework builder is the …

Demospongiae (Porifera) have discrete cellular elements, parenchymella or blastula larvae,
with either viviparous or oviparous reproductive strategies. The skeleton is composed of …

The occurrence of different sponge species bearing the same Linnean binomial name
combination, ie homonyms, is to be avoided for obvious reasons. In a review of sponge …

A cultivation method has been developed for the boreal deep-water sponge Geodia barretti
(Demospongiae, Geodiidae), a species which is common in the deep Norwegian fjords. The …

Sponges from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland were sampled during a six week SCUBA
diving expedition. One hundred and twenty-eight species were recorded, 29 of which were …