Petrosia Explained

Petrosia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae. ^[1] Petrosia are well distributed from temperate zone waters to tropical and from intertidal zone to deep waters.^[2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Sponges are effective filter feeders, and associated, undigested microorganisms can count up to 60% of the fresh weight of marine sponges.^[3] These microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria and unicellular algae.^[4]

Species

Species:

• Petrosia alfiani
• Petrosia armata
• Petrosia australis
• Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1979)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 . www.gbif.org . 9 June 2021 . en.
2. 10.3390/md19030122 . free . Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Sponges of the Genus Petrosia: A Literature Review of 43 Years of Research . 2021 . Lee . Yeon-Ju . Cho . Yeonwoo . Tran . Huynh Nguyen Khanh . Marine Drugs . 19 . 3 . 122 . 33668842 . 7996255 .
3. Wang . Guangyi . July 2006 . Diversity and biotechnological potential of the sponge-associated microbial consortia . Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology . en . 33 . 7 . 545–551 . 10.1007/s10295-006-0123-2 . 16761166 . 1367-5435.
4. P. . Proksch . R. . Edrada . R. . Ebel . 2002-07-01 . Drugs from the seas - current status and microbiological implications . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology . 59 . 2–3 . 125–134 . 10.1007/s00253-002-1006-8 . 12111137 . 0175-7598.