Porifera news

New Spinularia from the Bering Sea with proposed new family Spinulariidae.

Added on: 2026-03-26 15:24:17 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Santin, A; Theising, F.; Despujols, A.; Brandt, A. (2026) A chance encounter: New Spinularia Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam. nov. Progress in Oceanography, 103699 ...

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Cave-dwelling Homoscleromorpha from Cape Verde archipelago

Added on: 2026-03-22 19:23:37 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Cabioch, C.; Ruiz, C.; Grenier, M.; Ereskovsky, A.; Moraes, F.; Fauvelot, C.; Pérez, T. (2026). Cave-dwelling Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from Cape Verde archipelago (Northeast Atlantic): one new genus of aspiculate Plakinidae and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206 (3). ...

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High endemism of shallow-water Indo-Pacific sponges

Added on: 2026-03-17 09:31:59 by Cárdenas, Paco

Erpenbeck, D.; Galitz, A.; Berumen, M. L.; Büttner, G.; Debitus, C.; Dirnberger, M.; et al. (2026) Barcoding-Inferred Biodiversity of Shallow-Water Indo-Pacific Demosponges. Journal of Biogeography, 53, e70171. ...

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Updated checklist of Libyan sponges

Added on: 2026-03-16 13:55:46 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Hamza, A.; Ben Zeglam, S.; Albarki, R.; Karmous, A.; Elgamoudi, B.A.; Schiavo, A.; Longo, C. (2026) Unveiling the underexplored: an updated checklist and new records of Porifera from the Libyan Coast. Hydrobiologia, 2026, 5,7 (15 pp). ...

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Can the hatchability of gemmules in differing environments explain the distribution of freshwater sponges?

Added on: 2026-03-10 14:43:49 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Calheira, L.; Lanna, E.; Pinheiro, U. (2026). Can the hatchability of gemmules in differing environments explain the distribution of freshwater sponges? Inland Waters 16(1) 2578942, https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2025.2578942 ...

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