Sergi Taboada

This study describes two new species within the Phakellia robusta species complex using morphological and molecular data, revealing pseudocryptic diversity and suggesting reassessment of previous species distributions.

The paper reconciles molecular and fossil evidence by showing sponges emerged in the early Ediacaran without spicules, which evolved independently multiple times later.

This study investigates microbial changes in sponge reproductive stages, finding that Nitrososphaeria archaea are significantly associated with microbial composition shifts in species with previtellogenic oocytes.

The paper assesses faunal composition and its spatial and temporal variation in a Mediterranean lagoon using eDNA metabarcoding from sponge tissues collected in different seasons and areas.

This study examines genetic connectivity and adaptation in Ephydatia muelleri across its range using ddRADseq data, finding low connectivity and polygenic adaptation to environmental factors.

The paper identifies 16 candidate genes and 12 enriched GO terms potentially involved in bioluminescence in scale worms using RNA-seq and histological analyses.

The paper introduces a pipeline for efficiently assembling mitochondrial genomes from transcriptomic reads in non-model species, demonstrating its effectiveness across diverse invertebrates.