From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Díaz, Julio A., Ordines, Francesc, Massutí, Enric, Cárdenas, Paco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2024
• Subjects: Folmer; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584; https://peerj.com/articles/16584.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/16584.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/16584.html

The sponge fauna of the Western Mediterranean stands as one of the most studied in the world. Yet sampling new habitats and a poorly studied region like the Balearic Islands highlights once again our limited knowledge of this group of animals. This work focused on demosponges of the order Tetractine...