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Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (Ed.) (1987). Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 3-540-16091-4; e-ISBN 978-3-642-70892-3. VIII, 332 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3
Part of: NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences. Kluwer: New York. ISSN 0258-1256, more
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    VLIZ: Lower Invertebrates LOW.61 [103625]
Document type: Conference
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  • Vacelet, J., editor, more
  • Boury-Esnault, N., editor, more
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  • Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). Calcareous sponges collected by N.O. Thalassa on the continental margin of the Bay of Biscaye: 1. Calcinea, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 1-27, more
  • Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The Polymastia species (Demosponges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 29-66, more
  • Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1987). Distinctive characters within the order Petrosida (= Nepheliospongida), in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 67-72, more
  • Doumen, C.; Levi, C. (1987). Anisochelae analysis and taxonomy of the genus Mycale Gray (Demospongiae), in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 73-92, more
  • Fry, P.D.; Gray, D. (1987). An enzymatic technique for the separation of spicules from alcohol-preserved sponge tissue, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 93-99, more
  • Jones, W.C. (1987). Skeletal variation in embryo-containing specimens of Haliclona rosea (Bowerbank) from Anglesey, North Wales, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 101-124, more
  • van Lent, F.; de Weerdt, W.H. (1987). The haplosclerid sponge fauna of Banyuls-sur-Mer (Mediterranean), with the description of a new species, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 125-148, more
  • Pansini, M. (1987). Littoral Demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 149-185, more
  • Rützler, K. (1987). Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): a taxonomic reevaluation, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 187-203, more
  • Sara, M. (1987). A study on the genus Tethya (Porifera, Demospongiae) and new perspectives in sponge systematics, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 205-225, more
  • Van Soest, R.W.M. (1987). Phylogenetic exercises with monophyletic groups of sponges, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 227-241, more
  • Sole-Cava, A.M.; Thorpe, J.P. (1987). The use of electrophoresis in sponge taxonomy, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 243-258, more
  • Vacelet, J.; Donadey, C.; Froget, C. (1987). The calcium carbonate spherules of Hemimycale columella (Demosponges, Poecilosclerida) and their taxonomic value, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 257-274, more
  • Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E. (1987). Some remarks on the Mediterranean species of the genus Aplysina (Demospongiae, Verongida), in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 275-279, more
  • Wapstra, M.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1987). Sexual reproduction, larval morphology and behaviour in Demosponges from the southwest of the Netherlands, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 281-307, more
  • de Weerdt, W.H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1987). A review of north-eastern Atlantic Hemigellius (Niphatidae, Haplosclerida), in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 309-321, more
Abstract
    Although sponges are one of the major components of littoral ecosystems, their systematics obviously lags behind that of the majority of other groups of marine invertebrates. Also the evolutionary trends in these most primitive of the Metazoans are poorly understood. The confused state of their taxonomy and the difficulties with their identification prevent their use in ecological studies. The emphasis of interest presently seems to have shifted towards chemistry, but many of the hundreds of interesting chemicals recently described in sponges pro­ bably have been found in mistakenly or imprecisely identified animals. This situ­ ation will become worse in the next few years, when a number of experts will retire and will not be replaced by new ones, owing to the difficulties that the science of systematics is facing in most countries - as exemplified during this meeting by an informal discussion on the endangered future of European Museums. Under these circumstances, it is the responsability of present sponge taxono­ mists to leave a less confused state and tools such as simple fauna or computerized data bases to generations following. These tools do not exist even in one of the best studied areas, the North-Eastern Atlantic (including the Mediterranean Sea).
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