Axinellida (Porifera
Author | : J. N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : J. N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John N.A. Hooper |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 1779 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461507472 |
Research whilst compiling this book has uncovered a fauna about twice the size as that previously published in the literature and consequently Systema Porifera revises and stabilizes the systematics of the phylum to accommodate this new knowledge in a contemporary framework. Practical tools (key illustrations, descriptions of character) are provided to facilitate the assignment of approximately 680 extant and 100 fossil genera. Systema Porifera is unique making sponge taxonomy widely available at the practical level of classification (genera, families, order). It is a taxonomic revision of sponges and spongiomorphis (such as sphinctozoans and archaeocyathans) based on re-evaluation of type materials and evidence. It is also a practical guide to sponge identification providing descriptions and illustrations of characters and interpretation of their importance to systematics. Systema Porifera addresses many long standing nomenclatural problems and provides a sound baseline for future debate on sponges and their place in time and space. Systema Porifera describes 3 classes, 7 subclasses, 24 orders, 127 families and 682 valid genera of extant sponges (with over 1600 nominal generic names and an additional 500 invalid names treated). Treatment of the fossil fauna is less comprehensive or critical, although 6 classes, 30 orders, 245 families and 998 fossil genera are mentioned. Keys to all recent and many fossil taxa are provided.
Author | : Belinda Alvarez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Demospongiae |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | : CSIRO Publishing |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780643056862 |
This volume is the authoritative source on sponges of Australia and its territorial waters. It deals with some 1400 species in 77 families. The volume contains numerous taxonomic decisions and includes an historical overview of sponge taxonomy. A synopsis of the location and status of Australian collections is also provided. This is the first comprehensive catalogue of Australian Porifera and is an essential text for those involved with this group.
Author | : John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Desmacella ithystela |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joachim Reitner |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642756565 |
Fossil and Recent Sponges contains articles on taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological aspects of sponges of both biological and paleontological interest. They focus on three main topics: phylogeny and systematics, biology, and paleoecology of sponges. The reader is offered an overview over the most important aspects of current sponge research: - establishment of a new taxonomy based on mono phyletic groups (phylogenetic systematics) including recent and fossil taxa - new concepts of the biomineralisation of sponge skeletons - palaeoenvironmental analysis of fossil sponge buildups.
Author | : Patricia R. Bergquist |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1978-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780520036581 |
Author | : Jean Vacelet |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642708927 |
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).
Author | : Werner E. G. Müller |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642555195 |
Sponges (phylum Porifera) are known to be very rich sources for bioactive compounds, mainly secondary metabolites. Main efforts are devoted to cell- and mariculture of sponges to assure a sustainable exploitation of bioactive compounds from biological starting material. These activities are flanked by improved technologies to cultivate bacteria and fungi which are associated with the sponges. It is the hope that by elucidating the strategies of interaction between microorganisms and their host (sponge), by modern cell and molecular biological methods, a more comprehensive cultivation of the symbiotic organisms will be possible. The next step in the transfer of knowledge to biotechnological applications is the isolation, characterization and structural determination of the bioactive compounds by sophisticated chemical approaches.