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

Aplysina is the best representative genus of the family Aplysinidae. Halogenated substances
are its main class of metabolites. These substances contribute greatly to the …

Species distribution patterns in the Brazilian Marine Province (BMP) are extensively
debated, nevertheless no study used a multi-taxa approach to investigate possible biotic …

Sponges collected on the Guyana Shelf, predominantly in Suriname offshore waters, by
Dutch HMS 'Snellius' OCPS 1966, HMS'Luymes' OCPS II 1969, and HMS 'Luymes' Guyana …

Biological materials are a rewarding area of modern materials science, yielding both
evolutionary insights and inspiration for biomimetic research. In particular, biocomposite …

Integrative taxonomy provides a major approximation to species delimitation based on
integration of different perspectives (eg morphology, biochemistry and DNA sequences) …

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 …

Costa do Descobrimento is located in southern Bahia, Brazil, and only 22 species of
sponges (Porifera) were known from the area until now, despite its important reef formations …

Brazil has an extensive coast spreading along three biogeographical provinces and eight
ecoregions (Spalding et al., 2007), comprising many distinct marine ecosystems (Migotto …

Marine sponges are known to harbor a diverse and complex microbiota; however, a vast
majority of surveys have been investigating the prokaryotic communities in the north …