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New Chalinidae from SW Atlantic

Added on: 2026-02-13 10:13:24 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206(2): 2-89. ...

Montenegro sponge checklist

Added on: 2026-02-12 12:01:09 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Dordevic, N.; Petovic, S.; Pesic, V. (2026) New Data and an Updated Checklist of Marine Sponge Fauna (Phylum: Porifera) along the Montenegrin Coast (Southeastern Adriatic Sea). Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 42: 23 ...

A second Podospongia species offshore from the Table Mountain National Park MPA

Added on: 2026-02-08 18:11:28 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T. (2026). A century later: discovery of a second Podospongia species offshore from the Table Mountain National Park MPA, South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 106, e17, 1–8. ...

Sponges from the Turkish Straits

Added on: 2026-02-03 14:06:19 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Evcen, A.; Özalp, H.B. (2026) New records of sponges (Phylum Porifera) for the Turkish straits system. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 66: 195–203 ...

Petromica moved to the new order Vilesida in the WPD

Added on: 2026-02-03 08:55:17 by Cárdenas, Paco

There are now enough arguments (Díaz et al., 2025) to move Petromica from the Desmanthidae (Bubarida) where it doesn’t belong. ...

Genomic connectivity of Ephydatia muelleri across its distribution

Added on: 2026-01-30 14:55:10 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Cruz-Castillejo, L.D.L.; Cassidy, R.; Mitsi, K.; Galià-Camps, C.; Benítez-López, A.; Gracia-Sancha, C.; Lorente-Sorolla, J.; Álvarez-Fernández, A.; Mozo, R.; Kolomyjec, S.; Nichols, S.; Manconi, R.; Pereira, R.; Evans, K.; Itskovich, V.; Horton, A.L.; Leys, S.P.; Taboada, S.; Riesgo, A. (2026). Genomic Connectivity and Adaptation Signals of the Freshwater Sponge Ephydatia muelleri Across Its Distribution. Journal of Biogeography. 53(1): 1-17. ...

Modes of asexual reproduction in sponges

Added on: 2026-01-26 13:16:42 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Ereskovsky, A.; Lavrov, A. (2026) Asexual reproduction in sponges: A Review. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 93: e70083 ...

New species of Latrunculia and Iophon from the continental shelf of the Namaqua ecoregion

Added on: 2026-01-22 20:00:45 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T.; Payne, R.P.; Kamwi, B. (2026). Revealing hidden diversity: new Latrunculia a Iophon species (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the continental shelf of the Namaqua ecoregion (Benguela ecosystem), along with a range extension of Latrunculia (Aciculatrunculia) biformis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 106. ...

New molecular analysis of Tethyidae phylogeny

Added on: 2026-01-16 08:38:03 by Cárdenas, Paco

Erpenbeck, D.; Deister, F.; Ekins, M.; Dotzler, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Samaai, T.; Schätzle, S.; van der Sprong, J.; Vargas, S.; Wörheide, G. (2025) Target-enriched multilocus assay on poriferan museum collections unsettles tethyid classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 213, 108436. ...

Genetic connectivity of populations of Axinella polypoides

Added on: 2026-01-15 17:29:33 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Morav, T.; Taboada, S.; Goren, L.; Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Tikochinski, Y; Gracia Sancha, C.; Pérez, T.; Coma, R. & Ilan, M. Deep connections: exploring the genetic connectivity of mesophotic and shallow-water populations of the sponge Axinella polypoides. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) ...

New combination for Stylocordyla borealis eous Koltun, 1966

Added on: 2025-12-22 15:23:43 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Theising, F.I.; Hentschel, U.; Busch, K.; Brandt, A.; Carvalho, F.; Xavier, J.R.; Santín Muriel, A. (2026). Does an arctic circumpolar distribution exist for deep-sea sponges? Unravelling the systematics of Stylocordyla borealis (Porifera: Demospongiae) through integrative taxonomy. Progress in Oceanography. 241: 103646. ...

Passing of Klaus Ruetzler

Added on: 2025-12-16 12:18:27 by de Voogd, Nicole J.

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of our Porifera editor Dr. Klaus Ruetzler (1936–2025) in November. ...

A new species of Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) for the Brazilian Amazon

Added on: 2025-03-06 18:02:41 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Nunes, G.; Custódio, M.; & Pinheiro U. (2024). A new species of Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) for the Brazilian Amazon: how misidentification can mask a potential species complex. Acta Amaz. 54 (4). https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202401873 ...

New species of Sycetta (Calcarea) from Brazil

Added on: 2024-07-18 14:03:26 by Klautau, Michelle

Mattedi, A.; Cavalcanti, F.F. (2024). Sycetta papillata sp. nov. (Porifera, Calcarea): the first record of Sycetta to the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 5481 (3): 353-362 ...

Welcome to Porifera news

Added on: 2010-11-12 11:07:10 by van Soest, Rob

Launching of a new feature of the World Porifera Database ! ...