{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Uriz MJ"],"funding":["BluePharmTrain","Grup Consolidat","Benthomics project","MARSYMBIOMICS project"],"pagination":["e2958"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5344016"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Sponges are particularly prone to hiding cryptic species as their paradigmatic plasticity often favors species phenotypic convergence as a result of adaptation to similar habitat conditions. <i>Hemimycale</i> is a sponge genus (Family Hymedesmiidae, Order Poecilosclerida) with four formally described species, from which only <i>Hemimycale columella</i> has been recorded in the Atlanto-Mediterranean basin, on shallow to 80 m deep bottoms. Contrasting biological features between shallow and deep individuals of <i>Hemimycale columella</i> suggested larger genetic differences than those expected between sponge populations. To assess whether shallow and deep populations indeed belong to different species, we performed a phylogenetic study of <i>Hemimycale columella</i> across"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pubmed_title":["Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic <i>Hemimycale</i> species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera <i>Crella</i> and <i>Hemimycale</i> (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)."],"pmcid":["PMC5344016"],"funding_grant_id":["FP7 People-INT, Ref. 2013-667786","Spanish MICINN, CTM-2010-22218-C02-01","SGR-120","Spanish MINECO, CTM2013-43287-P"],"pubmed_authors":["Garate L","Uriz MJ","Agell G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic <i>Hemimycale</i> species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera <i>Crella</i> and <i>Hemimycale</i> (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida).","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Sponges are particularly prone to hiding cryptic species as their paradigmatic plasticity often favors species phenotypic convergence as a result of adaptation to similar habitat conditions. <i>Hemimycale</i> is a sponge genus (Family Hymedesmiidae, Order Poecilosclerida) with four formally described species, from which only <i>Hemimycale columella</i> has been recorded in the Atlanto-Mediterranean basin, on shallow to 80 m deep bottoms. Contrasting biological features between shallow and deep individuals of <i>Hemimycale columella</i> suggested larger genetic differences than those expected between sponge populations. To assess whether shallow and deep populations indeed belong to different species, we performed a phylogenetic study of <i>Hemimycale columella</i> across","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017","modification":"2026-05-30T08:15:02.792Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:38:18Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5344016","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28286707"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.2958"]}}