Turon, Marta
Ford, Madeline
Maldonado, Manuel
Sitjà, Cèlia
Riesgo, Ana
Díez-Vives, Cristina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FJC2020-043677-I, PID2019-105769GB-I00)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (PIE-202030E006)
'la Caixa' Foundation (LCF/BQ/PI22/11910040)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Article History
Received: 11 December 2023
Accepted: 21 February 2024
First Online: 11 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study is exempt from ethics approval since, according to article 3.1 of the European Union directive (2010/63/UE) from 22/9/2010, no approval is needed for sponge scarification, as they are the most primitive animals and lack a nervous system. Moreover, the collected sponges are not listed in any list of endangered species.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.