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 …

The present study is a review of the excavating and endolithic sponges present in the
Mediterranean. A dichotomic key to 22 species is presented. Detailed species descriptions …

The European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) project has compiled a list of marine
species in Europe and a bibliography of marine species identification guides. ERMS has …

Porifera is a primarily marine phylum comprising more than 15,000 species. The successful
and wide adaptive radiation of freshwater sponges (Haplosclerida: Spongillina) has resulted …

The second volume in this landmark series includes an introductory chapter followed by 15
taxonomically specific chapters with identification keys to Nearctic freshwater invertebrates …

The World Register of Marine Species is an over 90% complete open-access inventory of all
marine species names. Here we illustrate the scale of the problems with species names …

All compounds isolated from Porifera were reviewed in an attempt to discover what level of
reliability may be attached to chemistry data when applied to sponge systematics. To date …

Marine molluscs represent an estimated 23% of all extant marine taxa, but research into
their conservation status has so far failed to reflect this importance, with minimal inclusion on …