Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class

Glass sponges (Hexactinellida) constitute important parts of ecosystems on the deep-sea floor worldwide. However, they are still an understudied group in terms of their diversity and systematics. Here, we report on new specimens collected during RV Sonne expedition SO254 to the New Zealand region, w...

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Main Authors: Martin Dohrmann, Henry M. Reiswig, Michelle Kelly, Sadie Mills, Simone Schätzle, Miriam Reverter, Natascha Niesse, Sven Rohde, Peter Schupp, Gert Wörheide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/15017.pdf