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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New golf-ball sponge 🏐 species on the way! We are far from having described the sponge fauna of European waters! 👇@biodiversa.eu @tettrix.eu @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now more than 11 millions views 😮 for the You Tube video of Dhruz Rathee on the Deep-sea, where our SponBIODIV partners are featured. @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New study led by our Swedish partner @uu.se, improving our knowledge of #sponge 🪸 morphological and chemical evolution! published @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social. @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A huge effort by Celso Domingos and collaborators who produced a curated dataset of glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans!🌍 The final dataset holds 4136 records of 153 species🍾 @biodiversa.eu @ciimar.bsky.social

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The discovery of a tiny species leads to a new family of sponges!!! 🤩 Study led by our Portugual-based researcher Andreu Santín @ciimar.bsky.social 👇 @biodiversa.eu @oceanspecies.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The ZJLS blog is reporting on our partner's latest study on new 🧽 species from #CapeVerde.

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Vasilis Gerovasileiou @vgerovasileiou.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🌊🧽 A milestone for Mediterranean sponge conservation! For the first time, 24 Mediterranean #sponge species were assessed for the IUCN Red List in the frame of @sponbiodiv.bsky.social : 🔴4 EN | 🟠1 VU | 🟡2 NT | 🟢5 LC | ❓12 DD. 👉 tinyurl.com/39k4r57c #SponBIODIV #IUCNRedList

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First Mediterranean IUCN Red List assessments completed for sponge species – SponBIODIV

Mediterranean sponge conservation has reached an important milestone with the completion of the first regional IUCN Red List assessments for Mediterranean sponge species

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our Swedish partner was invited again on national TV to talk about the Deep Arctic Expedition and its first results @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our Swedish partner is answering questions from US and Canada classrooms on the deep-sea and #sponges! @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our researchers from the Museums in Uppsala and Madrid are streaming LIVE from the Arctic Mid-Atlantic Ridge: on Bamboo Coral Garden at 1000 m depth. So many #sponges! @biodiversa.eu @greenpeace.org @uu.se @mncn-csic.bsky.social #deeparcticexpedtion

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Sponges and the deep-sea presented on National Swedish TV! from our Uppsala University partner 👇 @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Our Brazilian partner is organizing the "3rd Brazilian Symposium on Spongiology" (3º SIBESP) will take place from November 10 to 13 at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador, Brazil. Participation will be in person only, and the official language will be Portuguese.

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Our Swedish and Spanish partners are getting ready for an upcoming expedition to the Arctic Mid-Atlantic Ridge in collaboration with Greenpeace! 🤩 The aims are to explore the Arctic deep sea fauna (including #sponges), but also push for the protection of the Deep. @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our Brazilian SponBIODIV partner includes the world leading experts on #calcareous #sponges! These sponges are particularly challenging to find and identify. Here's a recent paper on the species found in Eastern Brazil. 🤩 1/6 @biodiversa.eu mapress.com/zt/article/v...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

SponBIODIV @biodiversa.eu participates in a new population genomics study of the beautiful Mediterranean🧽 Axinella polypoides. Findings emphasize the importance of protecting mesophotic habitats! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Does an arctic circumpolar distribution exist for deep-sea #sponges? Unravelling the systematics of the lollipop sponge 🍭, led by our collaborators @ciimar.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (photo: MAREANO / Havforskningsinstituttet)

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#Photogrammetry works to monitor vulnerable marine ecosystems such as deepsea #spongegrounds! A population of the iconic 'Asconema setubalense' slightly increased reveal our partners from IEO-CSIC (Gijón, Spain), despite high fishing pressure. @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

The use of historical #collections is pivotal in the understanding of today's taxonomy and biodiversity. Our SponBIODIV partner @uu.se illustrates this with a 19th century🎩 #sponge🪸 collection from the North Atlantic 🌊. @biodiversa.eu

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Paco Cardenas @paccardenas.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Uppsala University News today talk about our new order of sponges! 🪸If you want to know more 👇

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New marine sponges provide clues about animal evolution - Uppsala University

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Amazing SponBIODIV discovery 🤩 by Díaz et al. at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, Sweden. We welcome the VILESIDA, an entirely new order of #sponges 🪸 @biodiversa.eu

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

New observations of fascinating rock #sponges 🤩, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea! A short note from our Greek partners highlight some of the threats rock sponges face, such as #plastic liter in the deep-sea 🙁 @biodiversa.eu link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

#Connectivity in the #deepsea! EXCELLENT study on the key sponge ground species ‘Geodia hentscheli’, shows strong genetic and microbiome structures segregated by depth. 👇 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Do microbes contribute to #sponge sexual reproduction❤️ ? A team from SponBIODIV finds significant microbial composition changes in two species between reproductive and non-reproductive sponges! Spoiler: #Archaea are important! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Can #sponges help protect the threatened coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor (SE of Spain)? 🧽 #eDNA 🧬 to monitor biological communities in shallow coastal ecosystems. 76 taxa, 9 phyla identified by Corral-Lou et al! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

What a great SponBIODIV kickoff meeting we had at @ciimar.bsky.social in June 2023. 🙌 to this awesome All-Atlantic & Mediterranean consortium with 10 partners +7 associate partners, and over 60 researchers! Since then the #sponge science (and fun) has never stopped 😊 . @biodiversa.eu

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