At YOUMARES9
on September 14, 2018
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Have a look at Beate Slaby stage at YOUMARES9 (Oldenburg, 11-14 September)!
SponGES at Common Oceans side event, UN headquarters, NY
on September 4, 2018
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Shirley Pomponi and Joana Xavier attended the Common Oceans’ Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Bejond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) at the UN headquarters in New York. There, they presented SponGES’ results at a dedicated side event organised by … Read More
When is an aster not an aster? A new deep-sea Discorhabdella (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) with asters, from the Mozambique Channel
on August 31, 2018
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REFERENCE Vacelet, Jean; Cárdenas, Paco (2018). Zootaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.15. ABSTRACT Discorhabdella pseudaster n. sp. is an incrusting sponge from the upper bathyal zone of the ‘Banc du Geyser’, north of Madagascar, Mozambique Channel. This new species is described only from a … Read More
Abyssocladia vaceleti (Porifera, Cladorhizidae): a new deep-sea carnivorous sponge from Patagonia
on August 31, 2018
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REFERENCE Ríos, Pilar; Cristobo, Javier (2018). Limnology and Oceanography https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11610. ABSTRACT This study describes a new species of carnivorous sponge (Family Cladorhizidae) collected in Patagonia, SW Atlantic, off Argentinean waters and the North of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The species described … Read More
Sponge grounds of Artemisina (Porifera, Demospongiae) in the Iberian Peninsula, ecological characterization by ROV techniques
on August 31, 2018
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REFERENCE Ríos, Pilar; Aguilar, Ricardo; Torriente, Ana; Munoz, Araceli; Cristobo, Javier (2018). Biotaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.10. ABSTRACT Artemisina Vosmaer, 1885 is a poecilosclerid microcionoid sponge genus with 20 valid species, seven of which have been recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The present … Read More
From marine caves to the deep sea, a new look at Caminella (Demospongiae, Geodiidae) in the Atlanto-Mediterranean region
on August 31, 2018
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REFERENCE Cárdenas, Paco; Vacelet, Jean; Chevaldonnè, Pierre; Pérez, Thierry; Xavier, Joana R (2018). Biotaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.14. ABSTRACT Caminella Lendenfeld, 1894 is a poorly known Geodiidae genus with unclear phylogenetic relationships. In order to find new lines of evidence that could shed … Read More
Silicon consumption kinetics by marine sponges: An assessment of their role at the ecosystem level
on August 17, 2018
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REFERENCE López-Acosta, Maria; Leynaert, Aude; Grall, Jaques; Maldonado, Manuel (2018). Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10956. ABSTRACT The silicic acid (DSi) is a dissolved nutrient used by diverse marine organisms to build their skeletons of biogenic silica (BSi). This consumption, mostly due … Read More
SponGES at 33rd FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
on July 10, 2018
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The 33rd session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) meets this week in Rome, Italy. A record number of participants (760 in total) will discuss major international fisheries and aquaculture issues including IUU fishing, aquatic genetic resources, and climate … Read More
Deep-water sponge fauna from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (North Atlantic, Spain)
on July 3, 2018
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REFERENCE Sitjà, C; Maldonado, M; Rueda, JL (2018). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315418000589. ABSTRACT Mud volcanoes are singular seafloor structures classified as ‘sensitive habitats’. Here we report on the sponge fauna from a field … Read More
Sponge assemblages and predicted archetypes in the eastern Canadian Arctic
on June 11, 2018
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REFERENCE Murillo, Francisco Javier; Kenchington, Ellen; Tompkins, Gabrielle; Beazley, Lindsay; Baker, Emily; Knudby, Anders; Walkusz, Wojciech (2018). Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12589. ABSTRACT Little information exists on the environmental requirements of sponges from the Canadian Arctic, increasing the necessity to … Read More