Sponge Guide Updates
- 4th edition, July 17, 2025
- Directly editable by the managing team
- Programmed by Wide Open Technologies
- Adapted to the UNCW server by UNCW Information Technology Services
- Classification updated according to the World Porifera Database
- The detailed record of taxonomic changes and additions could no be brought forward. These are included in the notes section of the Species Description tab
- Starting from 231 species-morphs and 2,152 images, and adding as work progresses
- 3rd edition, December 5, 2014
- Updated database to include 231 species-morph descriptions
- Updated image library to include 2,152 images.
- Detailed record of taxonomic changes and additions to the guide
- Expanded geographic range of images to include eastern and southern Caribbean
- Added spicule and tissue composite images and descriptions and taxonomic notes for 49 species
- Added habitat data for each image and now can search by habitat.
- Mangrove/coastal lagoons (includes shallow seagrass beds)
- Rocky shore/shallow reef - littoral hard and reef bottoms <12 m depth
- Deep reef - hard bottom habitat >12 m depth
- Printable view of species information
- 2nd edition, March 20, 2012
- Updated database to include 212 species-morph descriptions
- Updated image library to include 1,711 images.
- Expanded geographic range of images to include eastern Caribbean
- Added custom search page
- Update, July 13, 2009
- Added a link to the World Porifera Database on the species information page.
- Updated the database
- Minor website edits.
- 1st edition June 14, 2009
- Launched with 182 species-morphs and 1164 images