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Taxonomy of Porifera

From the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Jean Vacelet

    1. Station Marine d’Endoume, Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, Marseille, France

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  2. Nicole Boury-Esnault

    1. Station Marine d’Endoume, Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, Marseille, France

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 13)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Calcareous Sponges Collected by N.O. Thalassa on the Continental Margin of the Bay of Biscaye: I. Calcinea

    • R. Borojevic, N. Boury-Esnault
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Polymastia Species (Demosponges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic Area

    • N. Boury-Esnault
    Pages 29-66

  4. Distinctive Characters within the Order Petrosida (= Nepheliospongida)

    • R. Desqueyroux-Faundez
    Pages 67-72

  5. Anisochelae Analysis and Taxonomy of the Genus Mycale Gray (Demospongiae)

    • D. Doumenc, C. Levi
    Pages 73-92

  6. An Enzymatic Technique for the Separation of Spicules from Alcohol-Preserved Sponge Tissue

    • P. D. Fry, D. Gray
    Pages 93-99

  7. Skeletal Variation in Embryo-Containing Specimens of Haliclona Rosea (Bowerbank) from Anglesey, North Wales

    • W. C. Jones
    Pages 101-124

  8. The Haplosclerid Sponge Fauna of Banyuls-Sur-Mer (Mediterranean), with the Description of a New Species

    • F. van Lent, W. H. de Weerdt
    Pages 125-148

  9. Littoral Demosponges from the Banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea

    • M. Pansini
    Pages 149-185

  10. Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): A Taxonomic Reevaluation

    • K. Rützler
    Pages 187-203

  11. A Study on the Genus Tethya A (Porifera Demospongiae) and New Perspectives in Sponge Systematics

    • M. Sara
    Pages 205-225

  12. Phylogenetic Exercises with Monophyletic Groups of Sponges

    • R. W. M. van Soest
    Pages 227-241

  13. The Use of Electrophoresis in Sponge Taxonomy

    • A. M. Sole-Cava, J. P. Thorpe
    Pages 243-258

  14. The Calcium Carbonate Spherules of Hemimycale Columella (Demosponges, Poecilosclerida) and Their Taxonomic Value

    • J. Vacelet, C. Donadey, C. Froget
    Pages 259-274

  15. Some Remarks on the Mediterranean Species of the Genus Aplysina (Demospongiae, Verongida)

    • E. Voultsiadou-Koukoura
    Pages 275-279

  16. Sexual Reproduction, Larval Morphology and Behaviour in Demosponges from the Southwest of the Netherlands

    • M. Wapstra, R. W. M. van Soest
    Pages 281-307

  17. A Review of North-Eastern Atlantic Hemigellius (Niphatidae, Haplosclerida)

    • W. H. de Weerdt, R. W. M. van Soest
    Pages 309-321

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 323-333
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About this book

Although sponges are one of the major components of littoral ecosystems, their systematics obviously lags behind that of the majority of other groups of marine invertebrates. Also the evolutionary trends in these most primitive of the Metazoans are poorly understood. The confused state of their taxonomy and the difficulties with their identification prevent their use in ecological studies. The emphasis of interest presently seems to have shifted towards chemistry, but many of the hundreds of interesting chemicals recently described in sponges pro­ bably have been found in mistakenly or imprecisely identified animals. This situ­ ation will become worse in the next few years, when a number of experts will retire and will not be replaced by new ones, owing to the difficulties that the science of systematics is facing in most countries - as exemplified during this meeting by an informal discussion on the endangered future of European Museums. Under these circumstances, it is the responsability of present sponge taxono­ mists to leave a less confused state and tools such as simple fauna or computerized data bases to generations following. These tools do not exist even in one of the best studied areas, the North-Eastern Atlantic (including the Mediterranean Sea).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Station Marine d’Endoume, Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, Marseille, France

    Jean Vacelet, Nicole Boury-Esnault

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Taxonomy of Porifera

  • Book Subtitle: From the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

  • Editors: Jean Vacelet, Nicole Boury-Esnault

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries G:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70894-7Published: 29 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70892-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1256

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 336

  • Topics: Zoology

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