The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41706149;the Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY135-E2-2-06;the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources,under contract No.JG1716
We report on a hexactinellid sponge new to science,Walteria demeterae sp.nov.,which was collected from the northwestern Pacific seamounts at depths of 1271–1703 m.Its tubular and basiphytous body,extensive lateral pr...
supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI 2012-NCE).
Sponges are known for their symbiotic associations with bacteria and to a lesser extent with fungi.It has been argued that the association between fungi and sponges is not truly symbiotic,and fungal presence is incide...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41706188;the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract Nos XDA11030201 and XDB06010100;the Senior User Project of RV KEXUE under contract No.KEXUE2018G22;the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project financially supported by Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao)under contract No.2015ASKJ01
A new species of the family Pheronematidae is described in this study. Specimens were collected at Yap seamount and Caroline seamount in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Poliopogon distortus sp. nov. contains oval macramp...
supported by a Korea University Grant to JHL and JH;by Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries(KOPRI,PM14030) to JW;by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF-2013R1A2A2A 01067612) to DJL;by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF-2015R1A2A2A01007063);a grant from Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning and Ministry of Knowledge and Economy(2011201030006B) to SJC
Various early Paleozoic (Cambrian Series 3-Middle Ordovician) reefs are found in the Taebaek Group, eastern Korea, located in the eastern margin of the Sino-Korean Block. They occur in every carbonate-dominant litho...
The overgrowth of octocorals by sponges is generally disadvantageous for the octocorals. When the growth of octocoral populations increases the reefs’ structural complexity, more substrate space becomes available for...
An ever increasing demand for new lead compounds in the pharmaceutical industry has led scientists to search for natural bioactive products.Based on this extensive research,marine invertebrates now represent a rich so...
part of the BIOTECmarin project supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF,03F0414D)and the Universitat Stuttgart
The Limski kanal, a semi-closed inlet (channel-like bay) located on the western coast of Istria (Croatia), is an extraordinary sponge habitat. Research on the marine ecosystem has been conducted there for more than 10...
supported by the following programs:the Russian Foundation for Basic Research(RFBR No.09-04-00337);the European Marie Curie Mobility program(Fellowship of A.Ereskovsky,MIF1-CT-2006-040065).
The capacity of all cells to respond to stimuli implies the conduction of information at least over short distances.In multicellular organisms,more complex systems of integration and coordination of activities are nec...