Sponges (Porifera) are a diverse and globally distributed clade of benthic organisms, with
an evolutionary history reaching at least the Ediacaran‐Cambrian (541 Ma) boundary …

From 1990–2019, a total of 15,442 New Marine Natural Products from Invertebrates
(NMNPIs) were reported. The 2010s saw the most prolific decade of biodiscovery, with 5630 …

Since early 2020, disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has become a global pandemic, causing millions of infections and deaths …

Class Demospongiae is the largest in the phylum Porifera (Sponges) and encompasses
nearly 8,000 accepted species in three subclasses: Keratosa, Verongimorpha, and …

Reports of diverse vermiform and peloidal structures in Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic open
marine to peritidal carbonates include cases interpreted to be keratose sponges. However …

Sponges (phylum Porifera) were among the first metazoans on Earth, and represent a
unique global source of highly structured and diverse biosilica that has been formed and …

Little is known about dispersal in deep-sea ecosystems, especially for sponges, which are
abundant ecosystem engineers. Understanding patterns of gene flow in deep-sea sponges …

Mitochondrial tRNA gene loss and cytosolic tRNA import are two common phenomena in
mitochondrial biology, but their importance is often under-appreciated in animals. This is …

Abstract The Balearic Archipelago (western Mediterranean) is an area of great ecological
interest due to the combination of complex geomorphology, highly oligotrophic waters and …

Marine heatwaves are increasingly subjecting organisms to unprecedented stressful
conditions, but the biological consequences of these events are still poorly understood. Here …