Mediterranean Coral Provinces as a Sponge Diversity Reservoir: Is There a Mediterranean Cold-Water Coral Sponge Fauna?

A Deep-Sea Sponge Loop? Sponges Transfer Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon and Nitrogen to Associated Fauna

(2021) Martijn C. Bart et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

A new species of Isodictya (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from the Southern Ocean

(2020) Pilar Ríos et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

A new species of Haliclona (Flagellia) Van Soest, 2017 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Heteroscleromorpha) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

(2020) CURTIS DINN   ZOOTAXA

First deep-sea Hamigera (Demospongiae: Porifera) species associated with Cold-Water Corals (CWC) on antipodal latitudes of the world

(2020) Andreu Santín et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Export of bathyal benthos to the Atlantic through the Mediterranean outflow: Sponges from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz as a case study

(2020) Cèlia Sitjà et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Cooperation between passive and active silicon transporters clarifies the ecophysiology and evolution of biosilicification in sponges

(2020) M. Maldonado et al.   Science Advances

First report of the carnivorous sponge Lycopodina hypogea (Cladorhizidae) associated with marine debris, and its possible implications on deep-sea connectivity

(2020) A. Santín et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The “Corsica Channel Cold-Water Coral Province” (Mediterranean Sea)

(2020) Lorenzo Angeletti et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas

(2020) EM Roberts et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Distribution patterns and demographic trends of demosponges at the Menorca Channel (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) A. Santín et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Ecological characterisation of a Mediterranean cold-water coral reef: Cabliers Coral Mound Province (Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean)

(2019) Guillem Corbera et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

First record of Hamacantha (Porifera, Demospongiae, Merliida, Hamacanthidae) from Japan, with description of two new species

(2019) YUJI ISE et al.   ZOOTAXA

Diversity of the sponge fauna associated with white coral banks from two Sardinian canyons (Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) M. Bertolino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Evaluating the ecological status of cold-water coral habitats using non-invasive methods: An example from Cassidaigne canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Marie-Claire Fabri et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Two new species of deep-sea sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from submarine canyons of the Sardinian continental margin (western Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) FRINE CARDONE et al.   ZOOTAXA

Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Andreu Santín et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Unravelling the versatile feeding and metabolic strategies of the cold-water ecosystem engineer Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915)

(2018) Georgios Kazanidis et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

The Gibraltar Corridor: Watergate of the Messinian Salinity Crisis

(2018) Wout Krijgsman et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Particle fluxes induced by benthic storms during the 2012 dense shelf water cascading and open sea convection period in the northwestern Mediterranean basin

(2018) Albert Palanques et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Benthic invertebrates associated with subfossil cold-water coral frames and hardgrounds in the Albanian deep waters (Adriatic Sea)

(2018) Ina NASTO et al.   TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

New sites expanding the “Sardinian cold-water coral province” extension: A new potential cold-water coral network?

(2018) Davide Moccia et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

A review of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from the Boreal North Atlantic and Arctic

(2017) Jon Thomassen Hestetun et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

New hexactinellid sponges from deep Mediterranean canyons

(2017) NICOLE BOURY-ESNAULT et al.   ZOOTAXA

Gene flow and differentiation in a native calcareous sponge (Porifera) with unknown dispersal phase

(2017) A. Padua et al.   Marine Biodiversity

First record of the genus Vetulina Schmidt, 1879 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Sphaerocladina) from the Indian Ocean with the description of two new species: biogeographic and evolutionary significance

(2017) Andrzej Pisera et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two crypticHemimycalespecies in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the generaCrellaandHemimycale(Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)

(2017) Maria J. Uriz et al.   PeerJ

Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The trophic structure of Spongosorites coralliophaga-coral rubble communities at two northeast Atlantic cold water coral reefs

(2016) Georgios Kazanidis et al.   Marine Biology Research

Cladorhiza corallophila sp. nov., a new carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae, Demospongiae) living in close association with Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata (Scleractinia)

(2016) CHRISTIAN GÖCKE et al.   ZOOTAXA

New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

(2016) L. ANGELETTI et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Cold-Water Corals and Anthropogenic Impacts in La Fonera Submarine Canyon Head, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2016) Galderic Lastras et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity of Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915) on coral rubble at two contrasting cold-water coral reef settings

(2015) Georgios Kazanidis et al.   CORAL REEFS

Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools

(2015) G. D'ONGHIA et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

New Hamacantha from Peru and resurrection of Zygherpe as subgenus (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Hamacanthidae)

(2015) EDUARDO HAJDU et al.   ZOOTAXA

Mediterranean hexactinellid sponges, with the description of a new Sympagella species (Porifera, Hexactinellida)

(2014) Nicole Boury-Esnault et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Hamacantha (Hamacantha) boomerang sp. nov. from deep-sea coral mounds at Campos Basin, SW Atlantic, and redescription of H. (H.) schmidtii (Carter, 1882) (Hamacanthidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae)

(2014) EDUARDO HAJDU et al.   ZOOTAXA

New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean)

(2014) CÈLIA SITJÀ et al.   ZOOTAXA

Cold-water coral reef habitats benefit recreationally valuable sharks

(2013) Lea-Anne Henry et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The West Melilla cold water coral mounds, Eastern Alboran Sea: Morphological characterization and environmental context

(2013) Claudio Lo Iacono et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

(2013) M-C. Fabri et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Phylogeny and Systematics of Demospongiae in Light of New Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S) Sequences

(2013) N. E. Redmond et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

(2013) B. Calcinai et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Sponge species composition of north-east Atlantic cold-water coral reefs compared in a bathyal to inshore gradient

(2013) R.W.M. van Soest et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Deep sponge communities of the Gulf of St Eufemia (Calabria, southern Tyrrhenian Sea), with description of two new species

(2013) M. Bertolino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species

(2013) Marco Bertolino et al.   ZooKeys

Deep cold-water corals as nurseries for fish larvae

(2012) Sandrine Baillon et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)

(2012) Rob W. M. Van Soest et al.   PLoS One

Marine Caves of the Mediterranean Sea: A Sponge Biodiversity Reservoir within a Biodiversity Hotspot

(2012) Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.   PLoS One

Habitat biodiversity as a determinant of fish community structure on coral reefs

(2011) Vanessa Messmer et al.   ECOLOGY

Interaction between seabed morphology and water masses around the seamounts on the Motril Marginal Plateau (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean)

(2011) Desirée Palomino et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Diversity patterns and zoogeography of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean shallow-water sponge fauna

(2011) Joana R. Xavier et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Hymedesmia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Irish and Scottish cold-water coral reefs, with a description of five new species

(2011) C.E. Goodwin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Growth and demise of cold-water coral ecosystems on mud volcanoes in the West Alboran Sea: The messages from the planktonic and benthic foraminifera

(2011) S. Margreth et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Phylogenetic Relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): Under-Estimated Diversity in Reef Ecosystems

(2011) Julie Reveillaud et al.   PLoS One

Spatially stochastic settlement and the coexistence of benthic marine animals

(2010) Kyle F. Edwards et al.   ECOLOGY

Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

(2010) Lene Buhl-Mortensen et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships between Atlanto-Mediterranean shallow-water and deep-sea coral associated Hexadella species (Porifera, Ianthellidae)

(2010) Julie Reveillaud et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Reef-associated crustacean fauna: biodiversity estimates using semi-quantitative sampling and DNA barcoding

(2009) L. Plaisance et al.   CORAL REEFS

Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges

(2009) G. P. Jones et al.   CORAL REEFS

Spatiotemporal bioerosion patterns in deep-water scleractinians from off Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia, Ionian Sea)

(2009) L. Beuck et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

(2009) F. Mastrototaro et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Mingulay reef complex: an interdisciplinary study of cold-water coral habitat, hydrography and biodiversity

(2009) JM Roberts et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Cold-water corals in the Cap de Creus canyon, northwestern Mediterranean: spatial distribution, density and anthropogenic impact

(2009) C Orejas et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

New bioeroding sponges from Mingulay coldwater reefs, north-west Scotland

(2008) Rob W.M. van Soest et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM