Does anybody know of an online database of sponges of the Eastern Tropical Pacific?

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Omar Hernando Avila-Poveda (Avila-Poveda OH)

Hola Margarita,

La siguiente guia esponjas no es del Pacífico sino del Caribe. Pero puede ser funcional :

www.spongeguide.org

También sugiero contactar a Sven Zea.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sven-Zea

Data used from the Sponge Guide can be referenced as:

Zea, S., Henkel, T.P., and Pawlik, J.R. 2014. The Sponge Guide: a picture guide to Caribbean sponges. 3rd Edition. Available online at www.spongeguide.org . Accessed on: 2022-12-27 .

Abrazos.

Lee Clawson

Start a search in Google scholar; https://scholar.google.com then add; "database of sponges of the Eastern Tropical Pacific". You'll find 7 that cover various pacific locations and sponge species.

Margarita Brandt

Thank you both so much!