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Editor, Dr. Eduardo Hajdu (porifera.zootaxa@gmail.com) Porifera
Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, s/n Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Dr G. Wörheide (porifera.zootaxa@geo.uni-goettingen.de) Porifera 
Geoscience Centre Göttingen, Dept. of Geobiology, Goldschmidtstr.3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1784: 58-68 (6 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
First record of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Demospongiae, Halichondrida) from the East Pacific Ocean, with the description of Axinyssa isabela sp. nov.
JOSE LUIS CARBALLO & JOSE ANTONIO CRUZ-BARRAZA (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1752: 57-65 (18 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 7 Mar. 2008
A new genus of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Poecilosclerida, Cladorhizidae) from the deep N-E Pacific, and remarks on the genus Neocladia
JEAN VACELET (France)

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Zootaxa 1744: 59-65 (9 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) tetraverticillata sp. nov. (Porifera, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the bathyal region off the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic
BEATRIZ MOTHES, MAURICIO CAMPOS, RAFAEL ECKERT & CLEA LERNER (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1721: 53-64 (7 Mar. 2008) 9 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
Two new tretodictyids (Hexactinellida: Hexactinosida: Tretodictyidae) from the coasts of North America
HENRY M. REISWIG (Canada), MARTIN DOHRMANN (Germany), SHIRLEY POMPONI (USA) & GERT WORHEIDE (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1694: 1-37 (31 Jan. 2008) 20 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondriidae): revision of species, phylogenetic reconstruction and evidence for split
ELENA GERASIMOVA (Russia), DIRK ERPENBECK (Germany) & ALEXANDER PLOTKIN (Russia)

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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 107-126 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  121 references                         Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
On the molecular phylogeny of sponges (Porifera)
DIRK ERPENBECK and GERT WÖRHEIDE (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1609: 1-51 (8 Oct. 2007)  2 5 plates; 53 references                            Accepted: 17 Jul. 2007
Aplysina Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species
ULISSES DOS S. PINHEIRO, EDUARDO HAJDU & MARCIO R. CUSTODIO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1595: 1-15 (26 Sep. 2007)  9 plates; 39 references                            Accepted: 18 Aug. 2007
Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya hibernica sp. nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Northern Ireland with remarks on the European species of the genus Tethya
ISABEL HEIM (Germany), MICHAEL NICKEL (Germany), BERNARD PICTON (UK) & FRANZ BRUMMER (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1463: 55-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 12 Dec. 2006
Revision of the subgenus Neopsacas (Hexactinellida, Rossellidae, Crateromorpha) with the description of new species and subspecies
LARISA L. MENSHENINA (Russia), KONSTANTIN R. TABACHNICK (Russia) & DORTE JANUSSEN
(Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1432: 57-66 (26 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new species of Halisarca (Demospongiae: Halisarcida) from the Sea of
Okhotsk, North Pacific
A.V. ERESKOVSKY (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1402: 1-22 (1 Feb. 2007)  10 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil, with descriptions of three new species
F. AZEVEDO & M. KLAUTAU (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1397: 25-28 (25 Jan. 2007)  1 plate; 10 references                               Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Acanthotetilla celebensis sp. nov., a new species from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spirophorida: Tetillidae)
N.J. DE VOOGD & R.W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)

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2006

Zootaxa 1376: 37-51 (11 Dec. 2006) 8 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
A new species of Oscarella (Demospongiae: Plakinidae) from the Western Sea of Japan
A.V. ERESKOVSKY (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1369: 43-53 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 31 Oct. 2006
Sigmaxinella cearense sp. nov. from sandstone reefs off Fortaleza (Ceara State, Brazil) (Desmacellidae, Mycalina, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae)
S. SALANI, T.M.D.C. LOTUFO & E. HAJDU (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1358: 1-37 (16 Nov. 2006) 14 plates; 56 references                              Accepted: 7 Sept. 2006
Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach
T. SAMAAI (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1343: 43-54 (26 Oct. 2006)  5 plates; 35 references                       Accepted: 14 Sept. 2006
A new species of Haliclona (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) living in association with Geodia media Bowerbank (Mexican Pacific coast)
J.A. CRUZ-BARRAZA & J.L. CARBALLO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1319: 59-68 (25 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 29  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis n. sp., a new chalinid sponge (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) from the southeast coast of Jamaica

C.P.J. Jackson (Jamaica), W.H. DE WEERDT (the Netherlands) & M.K. WEBBER (Jamaica)

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Zootaxa 1314: 31-39 (14 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 24  references                             Accepted:  22 Aug. 2006
A new species of Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the ‘sponge genome project’
J.N.A. HOOPER (Australia) & R.W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)

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Zootaxa 1312: 1-12 (11 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 68  references                             Accepted:  14 Jul. 2006
Cliona minuscula, sp. nov. (Hadromerida : Clionaidae) and other bioeroding sponges that only contain tylostyles

C.L. SCHÖNBERG, S. GRASS & A.T. HEIERMANN (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1250: 1-35 (3 Jul. 2006) 16 plates; 57 references                                 Accepted: 12 Apr. 2006
New species of deep-sea demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)
H. LEHNERT (Germany), R. STONE (USA) & W. HEIMLER (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1209: 61-68 (22 May 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 15 Mar. 2006
Presence of the Indo–Pacific genus Petrosaspongia Bergquist, 1995 (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Atlantic with description of a new species (P. pharmamari n. sp.)
M.–J. URIZ & E. CEBRIAN (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 21-38 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Redescription of Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Rovinj, Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea
J. GUGEL, M. PFANNKUCHEN, F. BRÜMMER (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1155: 1-23 (20 Mar. 2006) 7 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2006
New species of Poecilosclerida (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
H. LEHNERT (Germany), R. STONE (USA) & W.G. HEIMLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1129: 37-45 (16 Feb. 2006) 4 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 2 Jan. 2006
Raspailia (Raspaxilla) bouryesnaultae, a new name for Brazilian Raspaxilla elegans Boury-Esnault, 1973 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Raspailiidae) with a redescription and a new record
C. LERNER (Brazil), J.L. CARRARO (Brazil) & R. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1127: 1-71 (14 Feb. 2006) 1 plates; 58 references                                 Accepted: 25 Oct. 2005
Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific
T. SAMAAI (South Africa),  M.J. GIBBONS (South Africa) & M. KELLY (New Zealand)
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2005

Zootaxa 1087: 39-44 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Biemna Gray, 1867 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the north coast of Brazil
B. MOTHES (Brazil), M. CAMPOS (Brazil) , C. LERNER (Brazil), J. L. CARRARO (Brazil) & R. W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1068: 27-38 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Plakina Schulze, 1880 (Porifera, Plakinidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)
H. LEHNERT (Germany), R. STONE (USA) & W. HEIMLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1066: 43-56 (18 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2005
Redescription of two Hexactinosida (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the southwestern Atlantic, collected by Programme REVIZEE
D. A. LOPES (Brazil), E. HAJDU (Brazil) & H. M. REISWIG  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1036: 21-29 (15 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 6 references                                  Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
Mediostigmaeus gen. n. (Acari: Stigmaeidae), with the description of a new species from the USA
Q.-H. FAN (P.R. China) & D.E. WALTER  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1012: 1-12 (28 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 1 Jun. 2005
Aplysina chiriquiensis
, a new pedunculate sponge from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama, Eastern Pacific (Aplysinidae, Verongida)
M.C. DIAZ (Venezuela), R.W.M VAN SOEST (The Netherlands), K. RUTZLER (USA) & H. M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 1006: 43-52 (10 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 25 references                               Accepted: 31 May 2005
A new species of Stelletta (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) without microscleres from Abrolhos Archipelago, northeastern Brazil
E.L. ESTEVES  & G. MURICY  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 963: 1-22 (29 Apr. 2005) 11 plates; 32 references                               Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
Haplosclerida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the coast of Maranhăo State, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic
M. CAMPOS (Brazil), B. MOTHES (Brazil), R. ECKERT  (Brazil) & R.W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 868: 1-12 (25 Feb. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                                    Accepted: 1 Feb. 2005
First record of Plakortis Schulze (Porifera: Homosclerophorida) from the Northeast Pacific coast, with the description of Plakortis albicans sp. nov.
J.A. CRUZ-BARRAZA & J.L. CARBALLO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 858: 1-205 (16 Feb. 2005) 100 plates, 15 references                           Accepted: 16 Jan. 2005
Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
D. ADAMSKI (USA)
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Zootaxa 844: 1-12 (1 Feb. 2005) 5 plates, 4 references                                 Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Taxonomy of Rhabderemia Topsent, 1890 collected from the south-eastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope by Programme REVIZEE (Rhabderemiidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae), with the description of two new species
M.V. OLIVEIRA & E. HAJDU (Brazil)
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2004

Zootaxa 725: 1-18 (15 November 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Cyclacanthia n.g. (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Latrunculiidae incertea sedis), a new genus of marine sponges from South African waters, and description of two new species
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), V. GOVENDER (South Africa) & M. KELLY
(New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 710: 1-8 (1 November 2004) 3 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
First occurrence of the genus Paraleucilla (Calcarea, Porifera) in the Atlantic Ocean: P. magna sp. nov.
M. KLAUTAU, L. MONTEIRO & R. BOROJEVIC (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 639: 1-7 (13 September 2004) 2 plates; 17 references                        Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Biemna trisigmata sp. n., a new sponge from the North coast of Brazil (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida)
B. MOTHES & M.A. DE CAMPOS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 584: 1-11 (27 July 2004)  3 plates; 22 references                                      Accepted: 5 July 2004
A new species of Strongylodesma Lévi, 1969 (Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Latrunculiidae) from Aliwal Shoal on the east coast of South Africa
T. SAMAAI, R. KEYZERS, M. DAVIES-COLEMAN
(South Africa)

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Zootaxa 557: 1-16 (2 July 2004)  6 plates; 45 references                                  Accepted:26 June 2004
Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil)
S.M. RIBEIRO & G. MURICY
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 443: 1-8 (25 February 2004) 3 plates; 14 references               Accepted: 16 February 2004
Timea bioxyasterina sp.n., a new species from the Northeastern coast of Brazil (Demospongiae, Hadromerida)
B. MOTHES, C.P. SANTOS & M.A. DE CAMPOS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 400: 1-6 (9 January 2004) 2 plates; 6 references                Accepted: 24 December 2003
Dragmaxia anomala sp.n. (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from the southwestern Atlantic (Brazil)
M. D. S. CARVALHO  & E. HAJDU (Brazil)

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2003

Zootaxa 371: 1-26 (28 November 2003) 6 plates; 48 references            Accepted: 8 November 2003
South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly 
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), M. J. GIBBONS (South Africa),  M. KELLY (New Zealand) & M. DAVIES-COLEMAN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 302: 1-8 (19 September 2003) 2 plates, 29 references            Accepted: 9 September 2003
First record of Ciocalypta (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from Brazil, southwestern Atlantic, with the description of a new species
M.D.S. CARVALHO , J.L. CARRARO, C. LERNER  & E. HAJDU (Brazil)

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2002

Zootaxa 117: 1-8 (12 December 2002)  3 plates; 33 references          Accepted: 3 December 2002
A new species of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida) from the Senegalese coast
N. BOURY-ESNAULT, C. MARSCHAL, J.-M. KORN-PROBST & G. BARNATHAN (France)

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