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]

Petrosia
Petrosia ficiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Petrosiidae
Genus: Petrosia
Vosmaer, 1885

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

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

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Species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ Lee, Yeon-Ju; Cho, Yeonwoo; Tran, Huynh Nguyen Khanh (2021). "Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Sponges of the Genus Petrosia: A Literature Review of 43 Years of Research". Marine Drugs. 19 (3): 122. doi:10.3390/md19030122. PMC 7996255. PMID 33668842.
  3. ^ Wang, Guangyi (July 2006). "Diversity and biotechnological potential of the sponge-associated microbial consortia". Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33 (7): 545–551. doi:10.1007/s10295-006-0123-2. ISSN 1367-5435. PMID 16761166.
  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. doi:10.1007/s00253-002-1006-8. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 12111137.