Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae (p)) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy

by Cárdenas, Paco, Xavier, Joana R., Reveillaud, Julie, Schander, Christoffer, Rapp, Hans Tore
Published 2011

Comparative Metagenomics Reveals the Distinctive Adaptive Features of the Spongia officinalis Endosymbiotic Consortium

by Karimi, Elham, Ramos, Miguel, Gonçalves, Jorge M. S., Xavier, Joana R., Reis, Margarida P., Costa, Rodrigo
Published in Front Microbiol (2017)

Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species

by Carvalho, Francisca C., Cárdenas, Paco, Ríos, Pilar, Cristobo, Javier, Rapp, Hans Tore, Xavier, Joana R.
Published in PeerJ (2020)

Genetic diversity, connectivity and gene flow along the distribution of the emblematic Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae)

by Riesgo, Ana, Taboada, Sergi, Pérez-Portela, Rocío, Melis, Paolo, Xavier, Joana R., Blasco, Gema, López-Legentil, Susanna
Published in BMC Evol Biol (2019)

Phylogenetically and Spatially Close Marine Sponges Harbour Divergent Bacterial Communities

by Hardoim, Cristiane C. P., Esteves, Ana I. S., Pires, Francisco R., Gonçalves, Jorge M. S., Cox, Cymon J., Xavier, Joana R., Costa, Rodrigo
Published 2012

Predicted distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesi on the Scotian Shelf and its persistence in the face of climatic variability

by Beazley, Lindsay, Wang, Zeliang, Kenchington, Ellen, Yashayaev, Igor, Rapp, Hans Tore, Xavier, Joana R., Murillo, Francisco Javier, Fenton, Derek, Fuller, Susanna
Published in PLoS One (2018)

Effects of sample handling and cultivation bias on the specificity of bacterial communities in keratose marine sponges

by Hardoim, Cristiane C. P., Cardinale, Massimiliano, Cúcio, Ana C. B., Esteves, Ana I. S., Berg, Gabriele, Xavier, Joana R., Cox, Cymon J., Costa, Rodrigo
Published in Front Microbiol (2014)

The antimicrobial activity of heterotrophic bacteria isolated from the marine sponge Erylus deficiens (Astrophorida, Geodiidae)

by Graça, Ana Patrícia, Viana, Flávia, Bondoso, Joana, Correia, Maria Inês, Gomes, Luis, Humanes, Madalena, Reis, Alberto, Xavier, Joana R., Gaspar, Helena, Lage, Olga M.
Published in Front Microbiol (2015)

Antimicrobial Activity of Heterotrophic Bacterial Communities from the Marine Sponge Erylus discophorus (Astrophorida, Geodiidae)

by Graça, Ana Patrícia, Bondoso, Joana, Gaspar, Helena, Xavier, Joana R., Monteiro, Maria Cândida, de la Cruz, Mercedes, Oves-Costales, Daniel, Vicente, Francisca, Lage, Olga Maria
Published 2013

A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses

by Howell, Kerry L., Davies, Jaime S., Allcock, A. Louise, Braga-Henriques, Andreia, Buhl-Mortensen, Pål, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Dominguez-Carrió, Carlos, Durden, Jennifer M., Foster, Nicola L., Game, Chloe A., Hitchin, Becky, Horton, Tammy, Hosking, Brett, Jones, Daniel O. B., Mah, Christopher, Laguionie Marchais, Claire, Menot, Lenaick, Morato, Telmo, Pearman, Tabitha R. R., Piechaud, Nils, Ross, Rebecca E., Ruhl, Henry A., Saeedi, Hanieh, Stefanoudis, Paris V., Taranto, Gerald H., Thompson, Michael B., Taylor, James R., Tyler, Paul, Vad, Johanne, Victorero, Lissette, Vieira, Rui P., Woodall, Lucy C., Xavier, Joana R., Wagner, Daniel
Published in PLoS One (2019)