About the Authors
- Rob W. M. Van Soest
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* E-mail: rob.vansoest@ncbnaturalis.nl
Affiliation Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Nicole Boury-Esnault
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Affiliation Aix-Marseille University, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, CNRS, DIMAR, UMR 6540, Marseille, France
- Jean Vacelet
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Affiliation Aix-Marseille University, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, CNRS, DIMAR, UMR 6540, Marseille, France
- Martin Dohrmann
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Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Dirk Erpenbeck
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Affiliation Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences & GeoBio-Center LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Nicole J. De Voogd
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Affiliation Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Nadiezhda Santodomingo
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Affiliation Paleontology Department, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Bart Vanhoorne
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Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, Innovocean Site, Oostende, Belgium
- Michelle Kelly
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Affiliation National Centre for Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
- John N. A. Hooper
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Affiliation Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, and Eskitis Institute for Cell & Molecular Therapies, Griffiths University, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: NdV NS BV. Wrote the paper: RvS NBE JV MD DE NdV NS BV MK JH. Conceived, contributed introduction, Demospongiae, WPD, diversity, distributions, invasive species, conclusions: RvS. Contributed carnivorous sponges: JV MK. Contributed Hexactinellida: MD. Contributed Homoscleromorpha and Calcarea: NBE. Contributed new developments: DE. Contributed distribution, maps: NS BV. Performed biodiversity analysis: NdV. Contributed regional and online resources, conclusions and perspectives: JH.