World Porifera Database

Carnivorous sponges from the Piip Volcano

Added on: 2026-10-05 12:54:13 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Shilov, V.; Kukhlevskiy, A. (2026). Carnivorous sponges (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) from the Piip Submarine Volcano and Adjacent Areas (Bering Sea, NW Pacific). Regional Studies in Marine Science. 105505 ...

Reproduction and Development in Calcareous Sponges

Added on: 2026-09-29 15:13:52 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Cajado, B.; Lanna, E. (2026). Reproduction and Development in Calcareous Sponges: A Panorama of the Last Two Centuries. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 93 (7): 1-23. ...

New Clathria from rhodolith beds

Added on: 2026-09-25 14:27:21 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Barros, T.; Pinheiro, U. (2026). Two New Clathria Schmidt, 1862 (Porifera: Microcionidae) From Rhodolith Beds in the Southwest Atlantic, Brazil. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 53(3). ...

New record of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis from Lake Sibaya, South Africa

Added on: 2026-09-21 16:41:39 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T.; Erpenbeck, D.; Janson, L.; Rensburg, S.J.V. (2026). New record of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) (Demospongiae: Spongillida) from Lake Sibaya, South Africa: morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa. 5881(2): 192-208. ...

Clionaidae from North Eastern Brazil including a new species of Clionaopsis

Added on: 2026-09-19 17:25:02 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Nascimento, E.F.; Bento, R.V.; Pinheiro, U. (2026) Clionaidae From Northeastern Brazil: A new species of Clionaopsis (Rützler 2002), redescription of Spheciospongia symbiotica (Hechtel 1983), and new records of Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck 1815). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 53, e70059 ...

Moving Rhabdastrella to the Geodiidae

Added on: 2026-09-09 19:56:18 by Cárdenas, Paco

Cárdenas, P.; Gamage, J.; Zumberge, J.A.; El-Seedi, H.; Díaz, J.A.; Huang, Y.M.; Vacelet, J.; Marshall, N.L.; Ekins, M.; Jayasinghe, R.P.P.K.; Hettiarachchi, C.M.; Love, G.D.; Gunasekera, S. (2026) Morphological, molecular, and chemical characters support the transfer of the tropical demosponge genus Rhabdastrella to the family Geodiidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 208(1). ...

New Demosponges from the Aleutian Islands & the Gulf of Alaska

Added on: 2026-08-28 13:28:39 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Lehnert, H.; Rooney, S.; Everett, M. (2026). Five new species of demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska. Zootaxa. 5874(4): 301-325. ...

New Plakinidae from South-Western Madagascar

Added on: 2026-08-24 11:29:15 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Razafinampoinarivo, A.N.A.; Cabioch, C.; Ruiz, C.; Ereskovsky, A.; Ranivoarivelo, L.; Fauvelot, C.; Pérez, T. (2026). Revisiting Homoscleromorpha diversity of South-Western Madagascar (Indo-Pacific Ocean) reveals six new Plakinidae, including a new skeletal-less genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 207 (4), zlag126: 1-23. ...

Hidden diversity of South African hexactinellid sponges across mesophotic reefs, shelf sediments, and canyon habitats

Added on: 2026-08-07 11:00:59 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T.; Erpenbeck, D.; Janussen, D.; Janson, L.; Macdonald, A.; Sink, K.J. (2026). Hidden diversity of South African hexactinellid sponges across mesophotic reefs, shelf sediments, and canyon habitats, with the description of a new genus (Amatholon gen. nov.), a new family (Cyrtaulonidae fam. nov.) and eight new species. Zootaxa. 5864(1): 1-67. ...

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. ...

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 ! ...