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

High genetic diversity, phenotypic plasticity, and invasive potential of a recently introduced calcareous sponge, fast spreading across the Atlanto-Mediterranean basin

(2016) Magdalena Guardiola et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Cryptic diversity and ecosystem functioning: a complex tale of differential effects on decomposition

(2016) N. De Meester et al.   OECOLOGIA

Phylogenetic Reassessment of Antarctic Tetillidae (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) Reveals New Genera and Genetic Similarity among Morphologically Distinct Species

(2016) Mirco Carella et al.   PLoS One

Microsatellites from sponge genomes: the number necessary for detecting genetic structure in Hemimycale columella populations

(2015) J González-Ramos et al.   Aquatic Biology

Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona(Soestella)caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific

(2015) Ingrid S. Knapp et al.   PeerJ

Cryptic diversity hides host and habitat specialization in a gorgonian-algal symbiosis

(2014) Carlos Prada et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Nearly Complete 28S rRNA Gene Sequences Confirm New Hypotheses of Sponge Evolution

(2013) Robert W. Thacker et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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

When does diversity matter? Species functional diversity and ecosystem functioning across habitats and seasons in a field experiment

(2013) André Frainer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity

(2012) Ward Appeltans et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ENDOSYMBIOTIC CALCIFYING BACTERIA: A NEW CUE TO THE ORIGIN OF CALCIFICATION IN METAZOA?

(2012) Maria J. Uriz et al.   EVOLUTION

Relevance of an integrative approach for taxonomic revision in sponge taxa: case study of the shallow-water Atlanto-Mediterranean Hexadella species (Porifera�:�Ianthellidae�:�Verongida)

(2012) Julie Reveillaud et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)

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

Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines

(2012) D. A. Payo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reproductive traits explain contrasting ecological features in sponges: the sympatric poecilosclerids Hemimycale columella and Crella elegans as examples

(2011) A.-R. Pérez-Porro et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Genetic structure and differentiation at a short-time scale of the introduced calcarean sponge Paraleucilla magna to the western Mediterranean

(2011) Magdalena Guardiola et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae)

(2011) C.C. Morrow et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Morphology and molecules on opposite sides of the diversity gradient: Four cryptic species of the Cliona celata (Porifera, Demospongiae) complex in South America revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear markers

(2011) Thiago Silva de Paula et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

(2011) Julie Reveillaud et al.   PLoS One

Ecomorph or Endangered Coral? DNA and Microstructure Reveal Hawaiian Species Complexes: Montipora dilatata/flabellata/turgescens & M. patula/verrilli

(2010) Zac H. Forsman et al.   PLoS One

Small-scale spatial genetic structure in Scopalina lophyropoda, an encrusting sponge with philopatric larval dispersal and frequent fission and fusion events

(2009) A Blanquer et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

'A posteriori' searching for phenotypic characters to describe new cryptic species of sponges revealed by molecular markers (Dictyonellidae : Scopalina)

(2008) Andrea Blanquer et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Ultrastructure and dispersal potential of sponge larvae: tuftedversusevenly ciliated parenchymellae

(2008) Maria J. Uriz et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Hidden diversity in sympatric sponges: adjusting life-history dynamics to share substrate

(2008) A Blanquer et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging

(2008) D. Posada   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION