Infrallttoral sponge fauna was studied as part of a multidisciplinary investigation of benthic
communities in Algeciras Bay On a monthly basis over 1 year, a senes of environmental …

Few studies have described the spatial patterns of rocky sublittoral benthic communities in
Brazil, where these habitats are almost exclusively located on the southeast and south …

Um dos motivos pelos quais sempre considerei um privilégio dirigir uma instituição com as
características do Museu Nacional é a diversidade de temas que esta instituição abriga …

Demospongiae (Porifera) have discrete cellular elements, parenchymella or blastula larvae,
with either viviparous or oviparous reproductive strategies. The skeleton is composed of …

Two species of Aplysina Nardo, 1834 are described in this article, Aplysina caissara sp. n.
and A. fulva (Pallas, 1766). Additionally, a possible third species was identified as A. aff …

Se obtuvieron datos de abundancia de esponjas en profundidades entre 2.5 y 22 m en
Cayos Albuquerque, Banco Serrana y Banco Rondador, tres atolones remotos del Caribe …

Despite the enormous economic, scientific and strategic value of the Brazilian oceanic and
mid-shelf islands (BOMIs), the biological communities of these islands are still poorly known …

Data on bioeroding sponge ecological distributions are sparse despite their important role in
tropical reef erosion. Difficulties with in situ species identification and estimation of biomass …

The environmental transformations constitute the principal cause of changes in biodiversity
decrease. This make the comparative studies between natural and altered environments …

Six species of haplosclerid sponges are described from shallow waters in the coast of Rio
de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil (southwestern Atlantic). Three species: Amphimedon …