Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Francisca C., Cárdenas, P. (Paco), Ríos, P. (Pilar), Cristobo, J. (Javier), Rapp, H.T. (Hans Tore), Xavier, J.R. (Joana)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón 2020
• Subjects: Porifera; Deep-sea; Lithistids; Biodiversity; Tetractinellida; Bubarida; New species; Biogeography; electron microscopy; Taxonomy; Molecular biology; Marine biology; Zoology; Meteor Seamount; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/12082; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.870

Lithistid demosponges, also known as rock sponges, are a polyphyletic group of sponges which are widely distributed. In the Northeast Atlantic (NEA), 17 species are known and the current knowledge on their distribution is mainly estricted to the Macaronesian islands. In the Mediterranean Sea, 14 spe...