Symbiotic relationsandrange ofhost usage are prominent in coral reefs andcrucial to the stability of such systems. In order to explain how symbiotic relations are established and evolve, we used ...

The marine sponge <em>Mycale acerata</em>, common in Antarctic waters, can produce yolk of entirely lipid nature which could favor quick larval development and ...

Larvae of Cliona celata and Microciona prolifera swim constantly upward, or at the surface, until 20 to 30 hr old, then always swim vertically downward. This behavior is not oriented by chemical of ...

For the study, scuba divers collected small samples of the thin purple morphotype sponges 14 and 22 months after the two Category 5 hurricanes in St. Thomas. Named for its ropy-looking long branches, ...