Scepanski, Dominik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-2258
Augustin, Nico
Dünn, Manon http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-4715
Scherwaß, Anja http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3467-9835
Xavier, Joana R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-4492
Werner, Johannes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9282-6066
Waldvogel, Ann-Marie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-0766
Arndt, Hartmut http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2811-3595
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (MerMet 16-97, AR 288/23, MerMet 17-82, AR 288/24)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UIDB/04423/2020, UIDP/04423/2020, CEECIND/00577/2018)
Universität zu Köln
Article History
Received: 7 August 2023
Revised: 4 December 2023
Accepted: 6 December 2023
First Online: 11 January 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No approval of research ethics committees was required to accomplish the goals of this study as fauna exploration was restricted to visual investigation through video recordings.
: The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.
: Conceptualization: HA and DS; methodology: DS, HA, NA; fieldwork: NA, HA, MD, AS, JW; sponge species determination: JRX; video analysis: DS; statistics: AW, DS; funding acquisition: HA and NA; supervision: HA and AW; writing of the first draft of the manuscript: DS and HA; all authors contributed to the revision of the draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.