Carbon flux for the Caribbean giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta (Sponge-loop)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Finelli ◽  
Joseph Pawlik ◽  
Steven McMurray
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Flux ◽  
Xestospongia Muta ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Barrel Sponge

scholarly journals The pathology of sponge orange band disease affecting the Caribbean barrel sponge Xestospongia muta

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Angermeier ◽  
Janine Kamke ◽  
Usama R. Abdelmohsen ◽  
Georg Krohne ◽  
Joseph R. Pawlik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Xestospongia Muta ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Barrel Sponge

scholarly journals Bleaching of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 2243-2250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. McMurray ◽  
James E. Blum ◽  
James J. Leichter ◽  
Joseph R. Pawlik
Keyword(s):  
Florida Keys ◽  
Xestospongia Muta ◽  
Barrel Sponge

Sponge orange band (SOB): a pathogenic-like condition of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta

Coral Reefs ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Cowart ◽  
T. P. Henkel ◽  
S. E. McMurray ◽  
J. R. Pawlik
Keyword(s):  
Xestospongia Muta ◽  
Barrel Sponge

scholarly journals Unusual Morphotypes of the Giant Barrel Sponge off the Coast of Barbados

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 663
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Pawlik ◽  
Denise C. Manker ◽  
James S. Evans ◽  
Patrick M. Erwin ◽  
Susanna López-Legentil
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Genetic Differentiation ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Cylindrical Shape ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Tropical Reefs ◽  
Cryptic Species Complex ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Barrel Sponge

Giant barrel sponges (GBSs) belong to a cryptic species complex (Xestospongia spp.) and are found on tropical reefs worldwide. Over their range, including most of the Caribbean, GBSs have a cylindrical shape, with variation in height, diameter and surface complexity. However, off the southwest coast of Barbados, GBSs mostly exhibit a clam shape or a tub shape, interspersed with a few that have the normal barrel morphotype, suggesting that this variation is not due to environmental factors. Haplotype identification (mtDNA-COI) of six clam and six normal sponges indicated no clear genetic differentiation based on morphotype; hence, this morphological variation remains unexplained.

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