[HTML][HTML] Taxonomy and phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) from Brazilian mid-shelf and oceanic islands

F Azevedo, A Padua, F Moraes, A Rossi, G Muricy… - Zootaxa, 2017 - mapress.com
Despite the enormous economic, scientific and strategic value of the Brazilian oceanic and
mid-shelf islands (BOMIs), the biological communities of these islands are still poorly known …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and distribution patterns of Calcareous sponges (subclass Calcinea) from Martinique

T Fontana, B Condor-Lujan, F Azevedo, T Perez… - Zootaxa, 2018 - mapress.com
Calcareous sponges of the subclass Calcinea from Martinique (Caribbean Sea) are
presented under an integrative perspective (morphology and DNA: ITS and C-LSU). Eleven …

Fragmentation, fusion, and genetic homogeneity in a calcareous sponge (Porifera, Calcarea)

A Padua, P Leocorny, MR Custódio… - … Zoology Part A …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Sessile marine invertebrates living on hard substrata usually present strategies such as size
variations, longer life spans, fragmentation and fusion to occupy and compete for space …

Evolutionary history of the calcareous sponge Clathrina aurea: genetic connectivity in the Western Atlantic and intriguing occurrence in the Eastern Pacific

B Cóndor-Luján, P Leocorny, A Padua, F Azevedo… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Clathrina aurea was considered endemic to Brazil before being recorded from the Pacific
(Peru) and the Caribbean Sea. We assessed the morphological variability, phylogeographic …

Population differentiation supports multiple human-mediated introductions of the transatlantic exotic sponge Paraleucilla magna (Porifera, Calcarea)

FF Cavalcanti, A Padua, H Cunha, M Halasz, V Nikolić… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Paraleucilla magna was the first sponge recognised as alien in the Atlantic. It was first
registered in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and soon became very abundant in the southeastern …

Novel microsatellite markers suggest significant genetic isolation in the Eastern Pacific sponge Aplysina gerardogreeni

MR Salas-Castañeda, NC Saavedra-Sotelo… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) harbors a great diversity of Porifera.
In particular, the Aplysina genus has acquired biotechnological and pharmacological …

Gene flow and differentiation in a native calcareous sponge (Porifera) with unknown dispersal phase: Population structure of C. aurea

A Padua, HA Cunha, M Klautau - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Clathrina aurea is a calcareous sponge with a wide distribution along the Eastern South
American coast. Despite this wide distribution, larvae have never been observed in this …

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A Padua, P Leocorny, M Klautau - Mortality - academia.edu
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Permitted d under Creative Commons License. F1000 P Page 1 Population and individual …