Diversity of two widespread Indo-Pacific sponge species
Sarah Benning and Emilie Kaltenbacher contributed to this paper published in Marine Biodiversity.
31.08.2017
Erpenbeck D, Aryasari R, Benning S, Debitus C, Kaltenbacher E, Al-Aidaroos AM, Schupp P, Hall K, Hooper JNA, Voigt O, de Voogd NJ & Wörheide G (2017). Diversity of two widespread Indo-Pacific demosponge species revisited. Marine Biodiversity 47:1035-1043
In this paper our MGAP students Sarah Benning and Emilie Kaltenbacher sequenced and analyzed the genetic data for abundant sponge species in the Indo-Pacific. Their data helped to assess that morphologically established demosponge species in the Indo-Pacific can be widespread, but simultaneously harbour cryptic, genetically distinct lineages.
The full text is available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0783-3