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Taxonomic revision of Suberitidae from California

Added on: 2024-05-03 17:11:51 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Turner, T.L.; Rouse, G.W.; Weigel, B.L.; Janusson, C.; Lemay, M.A.; Thacker, R.W. (2024). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1): 1-28. ...

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Biemna begonae, a new species from South European Atlantic Shelf

Added on: 2024-04-30 10:16:02 by Ríos, Pilar

Cristobo, J.; Almón, B.; Pérez, J.; Ríos, P. (2024). A new species of the genus Biemna Gray, 1867 (Porifera: Biemnidae) from shallow waters of the Northwestern Iberian coasts. Zootaxa. 5446(1): 121-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.7 ...

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Invasive freshwater sponge in Europa

Added on: 2024-04-28 16:14:54 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Carballo, J.L.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Domínguez-Monge, C.; Cano, C.; López-González, P.J. (2024). First report of the invasive freshwater sponge Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895) in Europa: a latent threat for aquatic ecosystems?. Limnology. ...

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Haplosclerida from Northern Arabian Sea

Added on: 2024-04-28 13:40:29 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Shafique, S.; Burhan, Z.; Jabeen, H.; Rasheed, M.; Ali, A.; Siddiqui, P.J.A. (2023). Re-description of two marine sponge species (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) from the coast of Karachi, Pakistan, Northern Arabian Sea. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences. 52(07): 347-353. ...

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First record of Axinella venusta in the western Mediterranean

Added on: 2024-04-23 10:30:35 by Cárdenas, Paco

Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E. (2024) First record of the recently described Axinella venusta Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021 (Demospongiae: Axinellidae) in the western Mediterranean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, (65) 87 - 91. ...

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