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The Phillippines harbor 429 sponge species

Added on: 2025-06-16 14:31:30 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Atienza, A.M.N.; Anticamara, J.A. (2025) Updated sponge fauna records in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 18 (1), 71-76 ...

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Review of Hexactinellids in trench expedition videos

Added on: 2025-06-13 11:36:29 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025) Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). Marine Biology, 172: 88 ...

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Rediscovery after three decades of the freshwater sponge Metania kiliani on a terrestrial fern

Added on: 2025-05-27 13:39:21 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Sousa, C.D.V.M.D.; Lima, K.D.S.; Pinheiro, U.; Almeida, T.E. (2025). Rediscovery after three decades of the freshwater sponge Metania kiliani on a terrestrial fern. Acta Amazonica, 55, 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202303981 ...

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Calcium carbonate deposition in the Calcarea Heteropia glomerosa

Added on: 2025-05-24 17:11:01 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Wendt, C.; De Medeiros, F.C.; Gonçalves, R.P.; Nudelman, F.; Klautau, M.; Farina, M.; Rossi, A.L. (2025). Calcium carbonate deposition in the spicules of the sponge Heteropia glomerosa (Porifera, Calcarea). Journal of Structural Biology. 217(2): 108210. ...

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Linnaeus' 1759 Porifera species finally typified on his 318th birthday

Added on: 2025-05-23 10:47:44 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025) Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. Zootaxa, 5638 (1), 1–65 ...

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