Phylomitogenomics bolsters the high-level classification of Demospongiae (phylum Porifera)

• Dennis V. Lavrov ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dlavrov@iastate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-1704

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• Maria C. Diaz,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America, Museo Marino de Margarita, Boca de Río, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela

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• Manuel Maldonado,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Ecology, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Girona, Spain

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• Christine C. Morrow,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Zoology Department, School of Natural Sciences & Ryan Institute, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland, Ireland and Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, Portaferry, Northern Ireland

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• Thierry Perez,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Méditerranéen de la Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université City, Provence, France

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• Shirley A. Pomponi,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

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• Robert W. Thacker

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama City, Republic of Panama

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