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

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Carvalho, Francisca C., Cárdenas, Paco, Ríos, Pilar, Cristobo, Javier, Rapp, Hans Tore, Xavier, Joana R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Meteor Seamount; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7147441/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32292645; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8703

BACKGROUND: 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 restricted to the Macaronesian islands. In the Mediterranea...