Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A checklist of the sponge fauna from the White Sea, Russia was compiled from published literature. This study provides a partial update to the "Checklist of sponges (Porifera) of the White Sea" published about 30 years ago. A total of 86 sponge species distributed among two classes of Porifera, Demospongiae and Calcarea, were identified in the White Sea. 18 of them are endemic to the White Sea. They belong to three subclasses and 10 orders of Demospongiae and two subclasses and two orders of Calcarea. In this paper we also give a brief overview of biogeography, vertical distribution and substrate preferences of the White Sea sponges.
Source: Zootaxa
Authors: ALEXANDER ERESKOVSKY, GRIGORI MOROZOV
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Russian Academy of Sciences, Aix-Marseille Université, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale, Station Marine d'Endoume, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Kazan Federal University, Zoological Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Biotechnology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4407121541