Online resources
Sponguide: Queensland Museum guide to sponge collection and identification (156 KB)
Pests and Diseases database (PaDIL)
- Queensland Museum collection of sponge specimens as point data for GIS mapping projects related to potential introduced pests
World Porifera Database
- Some keys to families and genera
- World species checklist with some literature included
ABRS Australian Faunal Directory
- Checklist of the published Australian sponge fauna, including all Queensland species
- Keys to genera
- Introductions to family level definitions, and history of sponge taxonomy in Australia.
Sponge Barcoding Database
- Sponge genetic sequence data, together with some morphological information for each species
- Includes many Queensland species
Porifera Tree of Life Project (PorTOL)
- • Training announcements and forum on sponge taxonomy and molecular data
- • Molecular database
Sponges of Britain & Ireland
- Most useful terminology for sponge morphological characters
Outside Australia
Online pictorial guides to assist identification of some international sponge faunas:
General introductions to Porifera online
Textbooks
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