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 …

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 …

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

Exceptionally well-preserved specimens of the reticulosan sponge Cyathophycus loydelli
from the Sandbian (Late Ordovician) Llanfawr Mudstones Formation of Llandrindod, Waes …

An overview is proposed of the hexactinellid sponge fauna of the Mediterranean Sea,
including the description of a new species of Sympagella, S. delauzei sp. nov., collected by …

We revealed new deep-water species and cryptic speciation within freshwater sponges of
the endemic family Lubomirskiidae (Porifera; Demospongiae; Spongillina) based on …

During the exploration of the NW Mediterranean deep-sea canyons (MedSeaCan and
CorSeaCan cruises), several hexactinellid sponges were observed and collected by ROV …

Marine sponges of the class Hexactinellida (glass sponges) are among the most
understudied groups of Porifera, and molecular approaches to investigating their evolution …