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Diversity of Scopalinida in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Added on: 2026-05-10 15:43:13 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Bautista-Guerrero, E.; Marin-Ramirez, M.F.; Carballo, J.L.; Rodríguez-Troncoso, A.P.; Santiago-Valentín, J.D. (2026). New insights into the diversity of Scopalinida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Discover Ecology, 2 (1): 1-15 ...

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New Farrea species from the Bering Sea

Added on: 2026-04-25 14:16:33 by van Soest, Rob W.M.

Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2026) Deep-sea reef building Farreidae (Porifera; Hexactinellida) from the Bering Sea. Zootaxa, 5799, 106-120. ...

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Thirteen new species of Hexactinellida from the tropical central Atlantic seamounts

Added on: 2026-04-17 09:25:55 by Cárdenas, Paco

Domingos C.; Kersken D.; Hendry K.; Schuster A.; Taylor M.L.; Xavier J.R. (2026) Deep-sea glass sponge fauna (Porifera, Hexactinellida) of the tropical central Atlantic seamounts: new species and diversity patterns. Zootaxa, 5795(1), 1-94. ...

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Cave-dwelling Homoscleromorpha from Cape Verde archipelago

Added on: 2026-03-22 19:23:37 by Boury-Esnault, Nicole

Cabioch, C.; Ruiz, C.; Grenier, M.; Ereskovsky, A.; Moraes, F.; Fauvelot, C.; Pérez, T. (2026). Cave-dwelling Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from Cape Verde archipelago (Northeast Atlantic): one new genus of aspiculate Plakinidae and five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206 (3). ...

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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.  ...

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