Porifera news

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. ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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