Dataset: Literature review of sponge-microbe interactions on sixteen characteristics of 82 sponges.

This dataset has not been validatedData not availableVersion 1 (2025-03-04)Dataset Type:Synthesis

Co-Principal Investigator: Cole G. Easson (Middle Tennessee State University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Cara L. Fiore (Appalachian State University)

Co-Principal Investigator, Contact: Christopher J. Freeman (College of Charleston)

Co-Principal Investigator: Robert W. Thacker (Stony Brook University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Investigations into microbially mediated ecological diversification in sponges (Ecological Diversification in Sponges)

Abstract

This dataset compiles information from a literature review (Freeman et al., 2021) of seminal and recent papers focusing on sponge ecology and sponge-microbe interactions. Data (when available in the literature) on sixteen characteristics of 82 sponge species from diverse subclasses are included. These data include enumeration of overall microbial abundance (High and Low Microbial Abundance: HMA and LMA), chemical defense allocation patterns and overall palatability in feeding assays, nutritional...

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Scientific names in the data were checked using World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Taxon Match. Scientific names were corrected after working with the data contributor. All scientific names in the data are valid and accepted names as of 2025-03-04.

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Results
Freeman, C. J., Easson, C. G., Fiore, C. L., & Thacker, R. W. (2021). Sponge–Microbe Interactions on Coral Reefs: Multiple Evolutionary Solutions to a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.705053
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Chanas, B., & Pawlik, J. (1995). Defenses of Caribbean sponges against predatory reef fish. II. Spicules, tissue toughness, and nutritional quality. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 127, 195–211. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps127195
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Easson, C. G., & Thacker, R. W. (2014). Phylogenetic signal in the community structure of host-specific microbiomes of tropical marine sponges. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00532
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Erwin, P. M., & Thacker, R. W. (2007). Incidence and identity of photosynthetic symbionts in Caribbean coral reef sponge assemblages. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87(6), 1683–1692. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058213
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Freeman, C. J., Easson, C. G., Matterson, K. O., Thacker, R. W., Baker, D. M., & Paul, V. J. (2020). Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association. The ISME Journal, 14(6), 1571–1583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0625-3

Freeman, C. J., Easson, C. G., Fiore, C. L., Thacker, R. W. (2025) Literature review of sponge-microbe interactions on sixteen characteristics of 82 sponges.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-03-04 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/955245 [access date]

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