Joana Rita Xavier

Joana Rita Xavier, Portuguese spongiologist.

• CIBIO – Research Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, CIBIO-Azores, Biology Department, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
• CEAB – Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CSIC), Blanes, Spain.

Taxon names authored

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• 34 taxon names authored by Joana Rita Xavier

Publications

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2011

• Cárdenas, P., Xavier, J.R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C. & Rapp, H.T. 2011. Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18318. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 Reference page. 

2015

• van Syoc, R.J., van Soest, R.W.M., Xavier, J.R. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2015. A phylogenetic overview of sponge-inhabiting barnacles and their host specificity (Crustacea, Cirripedia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 62(11): 331–357. PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Hestetun, J.T., Rapp, H.T. & Xavier, J.R. 2017. Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge seamounts. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 137: 166–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.03.004 Reference page. 

2018

• Cárdenas, P., Vacelet, J., Chevaldonné, P., Pérez, T. & Xavier, J.R. 2018. From marine caves to the deep-sea, a new look at Caminella (Demospongiae, Geodiidae) in the Atlanto-Mediterranean region. Pp 174–196 In Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N.J. (eds.). Deep Sea and Cave Sponges. Zootaxa 4466(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4466(1): 174–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.14 Reference page. 

2019

• Alvizu, A., Xavier, J.R. & Rapp, H.T. 2019. Description of new chiactine-bearing sponges provides insights into the higher classification of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea). Zootaxa 4615(2): 201–251. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1. Reference page. 

2020

• Carvalho, F.C., Cárdenas, P., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J., Rapp, H.T., Xavier, J.R. 2020. Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species. PeerJ. 8: e8703. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8703 Reference page. 

2021

• Santín, A., Uriz, M.J., Cristobo, J., Xavier, J.R. & Ríos, P. 2021. Unique spicules may confound species differentiation: taxonomy and biogeography of Melonanchora Carter, 1874 and two new related genera (Myxillidae: Poecilosclerida) from the Okhotsk Sea. PeerJ 9: e12515. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12515 Reference page.