Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera)

Deceptive Desmas: Molecular Phylogenetics Suggests a New Classification and Uncovers Convergent Evolution of Lithistid Demosponges

(2015) Astrid Schuster et al.   PLoS One

Two new desma-less species of Theonella Gray, 1868 (Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Theonellidae), from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia,and a re-evaluation of one species assigned previously to Dercitus Gray, 1867

(2014) KATHRYN A. HALL et al.   ZOOTAXA

Mycalina: Another Crack in the Poecilosclerida Framework

(2013) Eduardo Hajdu et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Novelties and Geographic Anomalies among Tropical Verongida

(2013) M. C. Diaz et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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

Molecular Phylogenies Support Homoplasy of Multiple Morphological Characters Used in the Taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae)

(2013) C. C. Morrow et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Three new intertidal sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Brazil’s fringing urban reefs (Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil), and support forRhabderemia’s exclusion from Poecilosclerida

(2013) Victor R. Cedro et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

The number of endemic species of freshwater sponges (Malawispongiidae; Spongillina; Porifera) from Lake Kinneret is overestimated

(2013) Valeria Itskovich et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Reconstruction of Family-Level Phylogenetic Relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) Using Nuclear Encoded Housekeeping Genes

(2013) Malcolm S. Hill et al.   PLoS One

Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges

(2012) Dirk Erpenbeck et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The phylogeny of halichondrid demosponges: past and present re-visited with DNA-barcoding data

(2012) Dirk Erpenbeck et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny ofAbyssocladia(Cladorhizidae: Poecilosclerida) andPhelloderma(Phellodermidae: Poecilosclerida) suggests a diversification of chelae microscleres in cladorhizid sponges

(2012) SERGIO VARGAS et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera

(2011) Eve Gazave et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Insights into the evolution of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spongillina): Barcoding and phylogenetic data from Lake Tanganyika endemics indicate multiple invasions and unsettle existing taxonomy

(2011) Dirk Erpenbeck et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy

(2011) Paco Cárdenas et al.   PLoS One

Polyphyly of the genus Axinella and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiaep)

(2010) Eve Gazave et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Embryonic development of verongid demosponges supports the independent acquisition of spongin skeletons as an alternative to the siliceous skeleton of sponges

(2009) MANUEL MALDONADO   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogenetic-Signal Dissection of Nuclear Housekeeping Genes Supports the Paraphyly of Sponges and the Monophyly of Eumetazoa

(2009) E. A. Sperling et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Taxonomic position of Eunapius subterraneus (Porifera, Spongillidae) inferred from molecular data – A revised classification needed?

(2009) Matija Harcet et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera,Demospongiae, Astrophorida) – combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification

(2009) Paco Cárdenas et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

A hypercalcified sponge with soft relatives: Vaceletia is a keratose demosponge

(2008) Gert Wörheide   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Reconstructing ordinal relationships in the Demospongiae using mitochondrial genomic data

(2008) Dennis V. Lavrov et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Seventeen New Complete mtDNA Sequences Reveal Extensive Mitochondrial Genome Evolution within the Demospongiae

(2008) Xiujuan Wang et al.   PLoS One