World Porifera Database

Diseased sponges in Turkish waters

Added on: 2025-08-15 12:34:42 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Evcen, A. ; Balcioglu, E.; Demirkan, M.D.; Özalp, H.B.(2025) Bozcaada Kiyilarinda Tespit Edilen Hastalikli Sünger Türleri (Diseased Sponge Species Detected on the Coast of Bozcaada). Pp. 149-159, in: Boratov, Z.; M.I. Öz (Ed.) Bozcaada environmental problems and biodiversity Workshop Proceedings Book, Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TÜDAV), Yayin 75, Istanbul, Turrkey (in Turkish). ...

Shallow water lithistids from NW Indian Ocean

Added on: 2025-08-09 16:30:30 by Pisera, Andrzej

Pisera, A.; Lukowiak, M. (2025). Shallow-water lithistid demosponges from the NW Indian Ocean (Cape Guardafui): taxonomy, biogeography, and the first record of free-living forms. Continental Shelf Research 294 (2025) 105537; ...

Two new sponges from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park (SE Pacific)

Added on: 2025-07-04 04:06:18 by Hajdu, Eduardo

Fernandez, J.C.C.; Zapata-Hernández, G.; Sellanes, J.; Hajdu, E. (2025) Description of two new species of sponges (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park and overview on diversity and biogeography of poriferans in oceanic islands of the SE Pacific. Zootaxa, 5659 (3): 301-334. ...

Abstract Submission Extended until the 25th April - 12th World Sponge Conference

Added on: 2025-04-21 18:38:11 by Xavier, Joana

Final call for abstract submission! ...

12th World Sponge Conference, 9-13th September 2025 in Vila do Conde, Portugal

Added on: 2025-04-15 11:31:10 by Xavier, Joana

Abstract submission until 18th April ...

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 ...

Previously unknown diversity: the marine sponge (Porifera) fauna from Rio Grande do Norte State, NE Brazil

Added on: 2024-06-06 14:41:40 by Pinheiro, Ulisses

Praxedes, R.; Rabelo, E.; Cavalcanti, T.; Brandão, S.; Pinheiro, U.; Albuquerque, C.(2024). Zootaxa 5463 (3): 339–359 ...

Porifera editors participated in the very first online organised WoRMS-LifeWatch editor workshop

Added on: 2021-08-04 18:12:19 by Vandepitte, Leen

In the week of June 7th 2021, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) – host of Aphia, the online platform behind WoRMS and its many sub-registered – organized the very first online editor workshop, in which 13 Porifera-editors enthusiastically participated. ...

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 ! ...