Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Few parasites, and no evidence for Wolbachia infections in a freshwater ostracod inhabiting temporary ponds
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Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (subclass Calcinea) from the Peruvian coast: morphology, molecules, and biogeography
- Understanding of evolution and systematics of Calcarea (Porifera) have not yet met a corresponding increase in the knowledge of diversity and distribution of these sponges in several parts of the world. Peru is an emblematic example of this lack of taxonomic knowledge, as only three shallow-water species of sponges have hitherto been reported from its 3000 km coast. With the aim of studying sponges of Peru, an integrative taxonomy approach (morphology, molecules, and biogeography) was used in order to achieve sound species identifications. The first findings of Peruvian calcareous sponges are presented here. Eight species are described in the subclass Calcinea, of which five are new to science. The retrieved biogeographical patterns are either locally endemic, widespread, or discontinuous over large areas. Clathrina antofagastensis was previously known from Chile, while C. aurea and Ernstia tetractina had been reported from the Atlantic (Brazil), and thus represent the first genetically confirmed tropical amphi- American distributions of species not yet found on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Our results reveal a richer Tropical East Pacific sponge fauna than the Warm Temperate South-Eastern Pacific one.
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Living Hypercalcified Sponges
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Hypercalcified Extant and Fossil Chaetetid-Type and Post-Devonian Stromatoporoid-Type Demospongiae: Systematic Descriptions
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3D and Challenging Materials: Guidelines for Different 3D Digitisation Methods for Museum Collections with Varying Material Optical Properties.
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Enforcement of MARPOL VI regulations through airborne surveillance in the CompMon framework. OTSOPA 15/03/02 presented by Belgium at the Meeting of the Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions concerning Counter Pollution Activitie
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An experimental study of the life-cycle of the fresh-water sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis in its natural surroundings
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Mise au point d’une technique de mesure de l’activité de filtration de jeunes éponges cultivées in vitro
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Kinetic and morphological aspects of particle ingestion by the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis L.
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Endocytosis of latex beads by the exopinacoderm in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis: An in vitro and in situ study in SEM and TEM
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Aspects cinétiques, quantitatifs et ultrastructuraux de l'endocytose, la digestion et l'exocytose chez les éponges. Illustrations
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Aspects cinétiques, quantitatifs et ultrastructuraux de l'endocytose, la digestion et l'exocytose chez les éponges
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Ultrastructural localization of lysosomal digestion in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
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Calcification rate of Ceratoporella nicholsoni (Porifera: Sclerospongiae): An in situ study with calcein
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Ultrastructural evidence of extruding exocytosis of residual bodies in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
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Ultrastructural evidence of extruding exocytosis of residual bodies in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
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A quantitative study of the retention of radioactively labelled E. coli by the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
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A quantitative study of the retention of radioactively labelled E. coli by the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
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Micromorphology and ultrastructure of caribbean sclerosponges. I. Ceratoporella nicholsoni and Stromatospongia norae (Ceratoporellidae: Porifera)
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Comparative organization of the choanosome of three Caribbean Sclerosponges
