Keyword

microscleres

Description: Small skeletal spicules found in sponges, used in zoology to describe and distinguish sponge morphology and taxonomy.

Primary topic: Marine Sponges and Natural Products (83%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/microscleres

Reassessment of Homology of Morphological Characters in Tetractinellid Sponges Based on Molecular Data

1998 · Catherine Chombard, Nicole Boury-Esnault, et al. · Systematic Biology · 167

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Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater Sponges

2002 · Renata Manconi, Roberto Pronzato · Springer eBooks · 137

The burrowing sponges of Bermuda

1974 · Klaus Rützler · Smithsonian contributions to zoology · 108

Siliceous sponge spicules in coral reef sediments

1978 · K. R�tzler, I. G. Macintyre · Marine Biology · 99

Monophyly of the Porifera

1996 · Reitner, Joachim, Mehl, Dorte · Geo-Leo e-docs (Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation) · 58

Skeletal structures and habitats of Recent and fossil Acanthochaetetes (subclass Tetractinomorpha, Demospongiae, Porifera)

1987 · J. Reitner, T. S. Engeser · Coral Reefs · 58

Family Clionaidae D’Orbigny, 1851

2002 · Klaus Rützler · Springer eBooks · 51

Deceptive Desmas: Molecular Phylogenetics Suggests a New Classification and Uncovers Convergent Evolution of Lithistid Demosponges

2015 · Astrid Schuster, Dirk Erpenbeck, et al. · PLoS ONE · 50

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Disrupted spiculogenesis in deep‐water Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) growing in shallow waters

2013 · Paco Cárdenas, Hans Tore Rapp · Invertebrate Biology · 49

Analysis of the axial filament in spicules of the demosponge Geodia cydonium: Different silicatein composition in microscleres (asters) and megascleres (oxeas and triaenes)

2007 · Werner E.G. Müller, Ute Schloßmacher, et al. · European Journal of Cell Biology · 48

Phylogenetic Relationships within the Excavating Hadromerida (Porifera), with a Systematic Revision

1997 · D. Rosell, M.J. Uriz · Cladistics · 44

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Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867

2002 · Wallie H. De Weerdt · Springer eBooks · 41

Phylum Porifera

2014 · Renata Manconi, Roberto Pronzato · Elsevier eBooks · 38

Order Poecilosclerida Topsent, 1928

2002 · John N. A. Hooper, Rob W. M. Van Soest · Springer eBooks · 36

Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870

2002 · Henry M. Reiswig · Springer eBooks · 34

Order Haplosclerida Topsent, 1928

2002 · Rob W. M. Van Soest, John N. A. Hooper · Springer eBooks · 33

Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875

2002 · John N. A. Hooper · Springer eBooks · 28

Boron in siliceous materials as a paleosalinity indicator

1981 · Marian J. Furst · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 28

Classification and phylogeny of Hexactinellida (Porifera)

2006 · H M Reiswig · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 27

Seasonal Variations of Spicule Size in Hymeniacidon Perleve

1970 · A. R. Stone · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom · 26

Microscleres in demosponge classification

1968 · R. E. H. Reid · 26

Celtodoryx girardae gen. nov. sp. nov., a new sponge species (Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae) invading the Gulf of Morbihan (North East Atlantic, France)

2006 · PEREZ, Thierry, PERRIN, Bertrand, et al. · DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) · 25

‘Lithistid’ Demospongiae

2002 · Andrzej Pisera, Claude Lévi · Springer eBooks · 25

Formation and construction of asexual buds of the freshwater spongeRadiospongilla cerebellata (Porifera, Spongillidae)

1990 · Uwe Saller · Zoomorphology · 25

Microstructure of octocoral sclerites for diagnosis of taxonomic features

2011 · Dafna Aharonovich, Yehuda Benayahu · Marine Biodiversity · 24

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Citation count: 2,353