Porifera (Sponges)

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 423-432

  Hill, M S ^a   Hill, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeocyte; Bacterivory; Benthic invertebrate; Choanocyte; Gemmule; Mesohyl; Osculum; Ostia; Primmorph; Spicules; Spongivory; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903531583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00186-1     Document Type: Chapter

References (11)

1. Thesaurus of Sponge Morphology 1997, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. N. Boury-Esnault, K. Rützler (Eds.).
2. De Vos L., Rützler K., Boury-Esnault N., Donadey C., Vacelet J. Atlas of Sponge Morphology 1991, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
3. Frost T.M., Reiswig H.M., Ricciardi A. Porifera. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates 2001, 97-133. Academic Press, New York. 2nd edn. J.H. Thorp, A.P. Covish (Eds.).
4. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1999, 44. 'Origin & Outlook'. J.N.A. Hooper (Ed.).
5. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges 2002, 2 vols. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, NY. J.N.A. Hooper, R.W.M. Van Soest (Eds.).
6. Sponge Sciences in the New Millennium 2004, vol. 68. Bollettino dei Musei Istituti Biologicidell' University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. M. Pansini, R. Pronzato, G. Bavestrello, R. Manconi (Eds.).
7. Simpson T.L. The Cell Biology of Sponges 1984, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
8. - World Porifera Database: A list cataloging many of the world's sponge specimen databases. Edited by Rob van Soest; Nicole Boury-Esnault; Dorte Janussen; John Hooper. http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/porifera/.
9. - Sponge Barcoding Project: A new project to aid in the identification and description of sponge taxa. The goal is to sequence a highly conserved region of the COI mtDNA gene from as many of the described species as possible. http://www.spongebarcoding.org/.
10. - Introduction to the Porifera: A web page with a surprising amount of information about sponge systematics, morphology, life history, and the fossil record. Produced by the University of California Museum of Palenotology. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/porifera.html.
11. - The Shape of Life: A television series examining the evolutionary explosion documented in the animal kingdom. It originally aired on PBS and was produced by Seas Studies Foundation (for National Geographic Television and Film). Episode 1 examines the first animals and spends a majority of the time focusing on sponges. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/porifera.html.