Ecological succession of the sponge cryptofauna in Hawaiian reefs add new insights to detritus production by pioneering species

J Vicente, MA Timmers, MK Webb, KD Bahr, CP Jury… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Successional theory proposes that fast growing and well dispersed opportunistic species
are the first to occupy available space. However, these pioneering species have relatively …

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 …

Associated organisms inhabiting the calcareous sponge Clathrina lutea in La Parguera, Puerto Rico

JE García-Hernández, NM Hammerman… - Caribbean Journal of …, 2019 - BioOne
Sponges provide an array of ecological services and benefits for Caribbean coral reefs.
They function as habitats for a bewildering variety of species, however limited attention has …

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 …

Oogenesis and embryogenesis in a cryptogenic species of calcareous sponge (Calcaronea, Heteropiidae) in the southwestern Atlantic

E Lanna, M Klautau - Invertebrate Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Calcarea is a diverse group of sponges, in which individuals are generally small and found
in cryptic habitats. These characteristics hamper the access to them and, consequently, the …

Fish, coral, and sponge assemblages associated with altiphotic and mesophotic reefs along the Guánica Biosphere Reserve continental shelf edge, Southwest Puerto …

JE Garcia-Hernandez, PJ Sanchez… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The benthic and fish communities of the central portion of the Guánica, Puerto Rico shelf
edge were studied to determine species abundance, distributions and species overlap …

Taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) sampled on artificial substrates of a recreational marina in the Tropical Northeastern Brazilian coast.

C Chagas, FF Cavalcanti - Zootaxa, 2017 - europepmc.org
Several specimens of calcareous sponges were sampled on artificial substrates of a
recreational marina in Salvador, Bahia state, on the northeastern coast of Brazil. They …

Interannual variability and decadal stability of benthic organisms on an Indonesian coral reef

A Rovellini, MR Dunn, EA Fulton, L Woods… - Journal of the Marine …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The availability of colonizable substrate is an important driver of the temporal dynamics of
sessile invertebrates on coral reefs. Increased dominance of algae and, in some cases …

Temporal variation in the recruitment of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) in Todos os Santos Bay, tropical Brazilian coast

C Chagas, F Barros, FF Cavalcanti - Journal of the Marine Biological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Recruitment is related to the occupation of the substrate by fouling organisms. It plays an
important role in the maintenance and distribution of benthic populations, being under the …

Associated organisms inhabiting the calcareous sponge Clathrina lutea in La Parguera Natural Reserve, Puerto Rico

JE García-Hernández, NM Hammerman, JJ Cruz-Motta… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Sponges provide an array of ecological services and benefits for Caribbean coral reefs.
They function as habitats for a bewildering variety of species, however limited attention has …