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Revision of the genus Exsuperantia Özdikmen, 2009 (Tetractinellida: Phymaraphiniidae) with description of a new species from the Atlantic Ocean

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REFERENCE Carvalho, Francisca C; Pisera, Andrezj (2019). Zootaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.7. ABSTRACT Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen 1924 (Porifera: Astrophorina) is a family of lithistid demosponges that has received little attention in the past decades. The systematic problems within this family have not been addressed … Read More

A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny

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REFERENCE Sorokin, Shirley J; Ekins, Merrick G; Yang, Qi; Cárdenas, Paco (2019). European Journal of Taxonomy. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.529. ABSTRACT A new species of Tethya Lamarck, 1815 is described from a depth of 1000 m on the continental slope of the Great … Read More

Characterization and mapping of a deep-sea sponge ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for spatial management in the high seas

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REFERENCE Ramiro-Sánchez, Berta; Gonzalez-Irusta, José Manuel; Henry, Lea-Anne; Cleland, Jason; Yeo, Isobel; Xavier, Joana R; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Sampaio, Ìris; Spearmanm, Jeremy; Victorero, Lissette; Messing, Charles G; Kazanidis, Georgios; Roberts, J Murray; Murton, Bramley (2019). Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00278. ABSTRACT … Read More

Marine Rare Actinomycetes: A Promising Source of Structurally Diverse and Unique Novel Natural Products

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REFERENCE Subramani, Ramesh; Sipkema, Detmer (2019). Marine Drugs https://doi.org/10.3390/md17050249. ABSTRACT Rare actinomycetes are prolific in the marine environment; however, knowledge about their diversity, distribution and biochemistry is limited. Marine rare actinomycetes represent a rather untapped source of chemically diverse secondary … Read More

Molecular study supports the position of the New Zealand endemic genus Lamellomorpha in the family Vulcanellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida), with the description of three new species

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REFERENCE Kelly, Michelle; Cárdenas, Paco; Rush, Nicola; Sim-Smith, Carina; Macpherson, Diana; Page, Mike; Bell, Lori J (2019). European Journal of Taxonomy https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.506. ABSTRACT Due to the possession of huge contort strongyles, and a lack of triaenes in an otherwise ‘astrophorine’ spicule … Read More

Silicon isotopic systematics of deep-sea sponge grounds in the North Atlantic

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REFERENCE Hendry, Katharine L; Cassarino, Lucie; Bates, Stephanie L; Culwick, Timothz; Frost, Molly; Goodwin, Claire; Howell, Kerry L (2019). Quarternary Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.017. ABSTRACT Reconstruction of silica cycling in the oceans is key to a thorough understanding of past climates … Read More

Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivatable Alphaproteobacteria

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REFERENCE Karimi, Elham; Keller-Costa, Tina; Slaby, Beate M; Cox, Cymon J; da Rocha, Ulisses N; Henschel, Ute; Costa, Rodrigo (2019). Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x. ABSTRACT Marine sponges are early-branching, filter-feeding metazoans that usually host complex microbiomes comprised of several, currently uncultivatable … Read More

Genetic diversity, connectivity and gene flow along the distribution of the emblematic Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae)

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REFERENCE Riesgo, Ana; Taboada, Sergi; Pérez-Portela, Rocío; Melis, Paolo; Xavier, Joana R; Blasco, Gema; López-Legentil, Susanna (2019). BMC Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1343-6. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND. Knowledge about the distribution of the genetic variation of marine species is fundamental to address species … Read More

Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts

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REFERENCE Rubin-Blum, Maxim; Antony, Chakkiath Paul; Sayavedra, Lizbeth; Martínez-Pérez, Clara; Birgel, Daniel; Peckmann, Jörn; Wu, Yu-Chen; Cardenas, Paco; Mac Donald, Ian; Macron, Yann; Sahling, Heiko; Hentschel, Ute; Dubilier, Nicole (2019). The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7. ABSTRACT Sponges host a remarkable diversity … Read More

Internal wave observations off Saba Bank

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REFERENCE van Haren, Hans; Duineveld, Gerard; Mienis, Furu (2019). Frontiers in Marine Science.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00528. ABSTRACT The deep sloping sides of Saba Bank, the largest submarine atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, show quite different internal wave characteristics. To measure these characteristics, two … Read More

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