Ancient Animals, New Challenges: Developments in Sponge Research

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Preface: Sponge research developments....Pages 1-2
No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera....Pages 3-10
Molecular phylogeny of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida): increased taxon sampling and inclusion of the mitochondrial protein-coding gene, cytochrome oxidase subunit I....Pages 11-20
Phylogenetic reconstruction of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) based on morphology....Pages 21-41
First evidence of miniature transposable elements in sponges (Porifera)....Pages 43-47
The mitochondrial genome of stygobitic sponge Eunapius subterraneus : mtDNA is highly conserved in freshwater sponges....Pages 49-59
The complete mitochondrial genome of the verongid sponge Aplysina cauliformis : implications for DNA barcoding in demosponges....Pages 61-69
Genetic structure and differentiation at a short-time scale of the introduced calcarean sponge Paraleucilla magna to the western Mediterranean....Pages 71-84
Relationship between genetic, chemical, and bacterial diversity in the Atlanto-Mediterranean bath sponge Spongia lamella ....Pages 85-99
First evaluation of mitochondrial DNA as a marker for phylogeographic studies of Calcarea: a case study from Leucetta chagosensis ....Pages 101-106
Diversity patterns and zoogeography of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean shallow-water sponge fauna....Pages 107-125
Living on the edge: the sponge fauna of Australia’s southwestern and northwestern deep continental margin....Pages 127-142
Sponge gardens of Ningaloo Reef (Carnarvon Shelf, Western Australia) are biodiversity hotspots....Pages 143-161
Role of deep sponge grounds in the Mediterranean Sea: a case study in southern Italy....Pages 163-177
Mangrove and coral reef sponge faunas: untold stories about shallow water Porifera in the Caribbean....Pages 179-190
Qualitative variation in colour morphotypes of Ianthella basta (Porifera: Verongida)....Pages 191-203
Phenotypic variability in the Caribbean Orange Icing sponge Mycale laevis (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)....Pages 205-217
Growth and regeneration of the elephant ear sponge Ianthella basta (Porifera)....Pages 219-226
The marine sponge Ianthella basta can recover from stress-induced tissue regression....Pages 227-235
Nutrient utilisation by shallow water temperate sponges in New Zealand....Pages 237-250
Experimental silicon demand by the sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis reveals chronic limitation in field populations....Pages 251-257
Biosilica deposition in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789): the model of primmorphs reveals time dependence of spiculogenesis....Pages 259-273
Trace metal concentrations in the tropical sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda at a sewage outfall: synchrotron X-ray imaging reveals the micron-scale distribution of accumulated metals....Pages 275-288
Does concentrating chemical defenses within specific regions of marine sponges result in enhanced protection from predators?....Pages 289-297
Temporal variations in growth and reproduction of Tedania anhelans and Chondrosia reniformis in the North Adriatic Sea....Pages 299-313
Reproductive traits explain contrasting ecological features in sponges: the sympatric poecilosclerids Hemimycale columella and Crella elegans as examples....Pages 315-330
Epibiont–basibiont interactions: examination of ecological factors that influence specialization in a two-sponge association between Geodia vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886) and Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)....Pages 331-340
Deep sequencing reveals diversity and community structure of complex microbiota in five Mediterranean sponges....Pages 341-351