With the completion of a single unified classification, the Systema Porifera (SP) and
subsequent development of an online species database, the World Porifera Database …

Systematics is nowadays facing new challenges with the introduction of new concepts and
new techniques. Compared to most other phyla, phylogenetic relationships among sponges …

Animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is commonly described as a small, circular molecule
that is conserved in size, gene content, and organization. Data collected in the last decade …

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are a diverse taxon of benthic aquatic animals of great
ecological, commercial, and biopharmaceutical importance. They are arguably the earliest …

The most diverse and species-rich class of the phylum Porifera is Demospongiae. In recent
years, the systematics of this clade, which contains more than 7000 species, has developed …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Abstract Background Glass sponges (Class Hexactinellida) are important components of
deep-sea ecosystems and are of interest from geological and materials science …

For sponges (phylum Porifera), there is no reliable molecular protocol available for species
identification. To address this gap, we developed a multilocus-based Sponge Identification …

Calcaronean sponges are acknowledged to be taxonomically difficult, and generally,
molecular data does not support the current morphology-based classification. In addition …

Sponges are widely distributed in the global ocean and harbor diverse symbiotic microbes
with mutualistic relationships. However, sponge symbionts in the deep sea remain poorly …