Increased taxon sampling provides new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, Calcarea)

An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida)

(2017) Martin Dohrmann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

The presence of the diagnostic character of the genus Paraleucilla (Amphoriscidae, Calcarea, Porifera) may depend on the volume and body wall thickness of the sponges

(2017) Emilio Lanna et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Taxonomy and phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) from Brazilian mid-shelf and oceanic islands

(2017) FERNANDA AZEVEDO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Calcinea of the Red Sea: providing a DNA barcode inventory with description of four new species

(2017) Oliver Voigt et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Extensive Mitochondrial mRNA Editing and Unusual Mitochondrial Genome Organization in Calcaronean Sponges

(2016) Dennis V. Lavrov et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogenies challenge the classification of Polymastiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) based on morphology

(2016) Alexander Plotkin et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Adriatic calcarean sponges (Porifera, Calcarea), with the description of six new species and a richness analysis

(2016) Michelle Klautau et al.   European Journal of Taxonomy

Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera)

(2015) Christine Morrow et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

A short LSU rRNA fragment as a standard marker for integrative taxonomy in calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea)

(2015) Oliver Voigt et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (subclass Calcinea) from the Peruvian coast: morphology, molecules, and biogeography

(2015) Fernanda Azevedo et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Assessing the State of Substitution Models Describing Noncoding RNA Evolution

(2014) James E. Allen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges

(2013) M. Klautau 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

A skeleton-less sponge of Caribbean mangroves: invasive or undescribed?

(2013) A. Alvizu et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland

(2013) Hans Tore Rapp   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Population dynamics of cryptogenic calcarean sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) in Southeastern Brazil

(2013) Fernanda F. Cavalcanti et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Integrative taxonomy of four Clathrina species of the Adriatic Sea, with the first formal description of Clathrina rubra Sarà, 1958

(2013) Mirna Imešek et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

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

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Mitochondrial DNA of Clathrina clathrus (Calcarea, Calcinea): Six Linear Chromosomes, Fragmented rRNAs, tRNA Editing, and a Novel Genetic Code

(2012) Dennis V. Lavrov et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Phylogenetic Evaluation of Classification and Scenarios of Character Evolution in Calcareous Sponges (Porifera, Class Calcarea)

(2012) Oliver Voigt et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenetic reconstruction of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) based on morphology

(2011) A. Plotkin et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Molecular phylogeny of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida): increased taxon sampling and inclusion of the mitochondrial protein-coding gene, cytochrome oxidase subunit I

(2011) Martin Dohrmann et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

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

(2011) Paco Cárdenas et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenetic signal in the evolution of body colour and spicule skeleton in calcareous sponges

(2011) ANDRÉ LINHARES ROSSI et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular evidence of cryptic speciation in the “cosmopolitan” excavating sponge Cliona celata (Porifera, Clionaidae)

(2010) J.R. Xavier et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Revalidation ofLeucetta floridana(Haeckel, 1872) (Porifera, Calcarea): a widespread species in the tropical western Atlantic

(2009) DIEGO VALDERRAMA et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular evolution of rDNA in early diverging Metazoa: First comparative analysis and phylogenetic application of complete SSU rRNA secondary structures in Porifera

(2008) Oliver Voigt et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reconstructing ordinal relationships in the Demospongiae using mitochondrial genomic data

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

Phylogeny and Evolution of Glass Sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida)

(2008) Martin Dohrmann et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY