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Utilizing sponge spicules in taxonomic, ecological and environmental reconstructions: a review

Most sponges produce skeletons formed by spicules, structural elements that develop in a wide variety of sizes and tridimensional shapes. The morphologies of spicules are often unique to clade- or even species-level taxa which makes them particularly useful in taxonomic assignments. When dead sponge...

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Autor principal: Łukowiak, Magdalena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7751429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384908
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10601