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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Porifera; Deep-sea; Lithistids; Biodiversity; Tetractinellida; Bubarida; New species; European Union; Horizon 2020; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: An integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; Grant Agreement No 679849; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8703

ABSTRACT 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 Med...