Complex host species-specific assemblage with remarkable shifts in microbiome structure throughout the life history of the excavating sponge Thoosa mismalolli
# and * highlights are cnidae types with differences between species. The sizes are expressed as: mean of length (maximum and minimum) × mean of width (maximum and minimum) in µm.
Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) harvested from wild stocks are experiencing high levels of infestation of bioeroding sponges (Cliona spp.) imposing a multi-million dollar cost to the industry. Scienti
