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High endemism of shallow-water Indo-Pacific sponges

Added on: 2026-03-17 09:31:59 by Cárdenas, Paco

Erpenbeck, D.; Galitz, A.; Berumen, M. L.; Büttner, G.; Debitus, C.; Dirnberger, M.; et al. (2026) Barcoding-Inferred Biodiversity of Shallow-Water Indo-Pacific Demosponges. Journal of Biogeography, 53, e70171. ...

Updated checklist of Libyan sponges

Added on: 2026-03-16 13:55:46 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Hamza, A.; Ben Zeglam, S.; Albarki, R.; Karmous, A.; Elgamoudi, B.A.; Schiavo, A.; Longo, C. (2026) Unveiling the underexplored: an updated checklist and new records of Porifera from the Libyan Coast. Hydrobiologia, 2026, 5,7 (15 pp). ...

Can the hatchability of gemmules in differing environments explain the distribution of freshwater sponges?

Added on: 2026-03-10 14:43:49 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Calheira, L.; Lanna, E.; Pinheiro, U. (2026). Can the hatchability of gemmules in differing environments explain the distribution of freshwater sponges? Inland Waters 16(1) 2578942, https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2025.2578942 ...

New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region

Added on: 2026-03-06 09:49:01 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Payne, R.P.; Samaai, T.; Janson, L.; Kerwath, S.E.; Gibbons, M.J. (2026). New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa), with a note on the sponge biodiversity of the area. Zootaxa. 5764(1): 1-100 ...

Diversity and biogeographic connections of Poecilosclerida from the southern Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Added on: 2026-03-05 14:53:32 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Pavón-Novarin, M.; Schejter, L. (2026).Diversity and biogeographic connections of sponges (Porifera, Poecilosclerida) from the southern Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Polar Biology. 49(2). ...

Reassignment of selected sponges based on barcodes of type specimens

Added on: 2026-03-02 10:59:52 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Erpenbeck, D.; Voigt, O.; Möx, A.; Galitz, A.; Gölitz, S.; Lüter, C.; Patzelt, T.; Vom Hofe, T.; Wendel, S.; Wörheide, G.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2026) Classification of several demosponge (Demospongiae, Porifera) taxa re-evaluated with DNA barcodes of type (and other) specimens. Zootaxa, 5763 (1), 138-150. ...

New Chalinidae from SW Atlantic

Added on: 2026-02-13 10:13:24 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Bispo, A.; Carraro, J.L.; Mott, T.; Hajdu, E. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals 10 new species, new records, new combinations, exotic and cryptogenic species of Tropical South-western Atlantic Chalinidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206(2): 2-89. ...

A second Podospongia species offshore from the Table Mountain National Park MPA

Added on: 2026-02-08 18:11:28 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T. (2026). A century later: discovery of a second Podospongia species offshore from the Table Mountain National Park MPA, South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 106, e17, 1–8. ...

Sponges from the Turkish Straits

Added on: 2026-02-03 14:06:19 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Evcen, A.; Özalp, H.B. (2026) New records of sponges (Phylum Porifera) for the Turkish straits system. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 66: 195–203 ...

Petromica moved to the new order Vilesida in the WPD

Added on: 2026-02-03 08:55:17 by Cárdenas, Paco

There are now enough arguments (Díaz et al., 2025) to move Petromica from the Desmanthidae (Bubarida) where it doesn’t belong. ...

Genomic connectivity of Ephydatia muelleri across its distribution

Added on: 2026-01-30 14:55:10 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Cruz-Castillejo, L.D.L.; Cassidy, R.; Mitsi, K.; Galià-Camps, C.; Benítez-López, A.; Gracia-Sancha, C.; Lorente-Sorolla, J.; Álvarez-Fernández, A.; Mozo, R.; Kolomyjec, S.; Nichols, S.; Manconi, R.; Pereira, R.; Evans, K.; Itskovich, V.; Horton, A.L.; Leys, S.P.; Taboada, S.; Riesgo, A. (2026). Genomic Connectivity and Adaptation Signals of the Freshwater Sponge Ephydatia muelleri Across Its Distribution. Journal of Biogeography. 53(1): 1-17. ...

New species of Latrunculia and Iophon from the continental shelf of the Namaqua ecoregion

Added on: 2026-01-22 20:00:45 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Samaai, T.; Payne, R.P.; Kamwi, B. (2026). Revealing hidden diversity: new Latrunculia a Iophon species (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the continental shelf of the Namaqua ecoregion (Benguela ecosystem), along with a range extension of Latrunculia (Aciculatrunculia) biformis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 106. ...

Passing of Klaus Ruetzler

Added on: 2025-12-16 12:18:27 by de Voogd, Nicole J.

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of our Porifera editor Dr. Klaus Ruetzler (1936–2025) in November. ...

A new species of Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) for the Brazilian Amazon

Added on: 2025-03-06 18:02:41 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Nunes, G.; Custódio, M.; & Pinheiro U. (2024). A new species of Tubella (Porifera: Spongillidae) for the Brazilian Amazon: how misidentification can mask a potential species complex. Acta Amaz. 54 (4). https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202401873 ...

New species of Sycetta (Calcarea) from Brazil

Added on: 2024-07-18 14:03:26 by Klautau, Michelle

Mattedi, A.; Cavalcanti, F.F. (2024). Sycetta papillata sp. nov. (Porifera, Calcarea): the first record of Sycetta to the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 5481 (3): 353-362 ...

Welcome to Porifera news

Added on: 2010-11-12 11:07:10 by van Soest, Rob

Launching of a new feature of the World Porifera Database ! ...