Biodiversity pattern of subtidal sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Penghu Archipelago (Pescadores), Taiwan

Huang, Yusheng M.; Voogd, Nicole J. de; Cleary, Daniel F. R.; Li, Tsung-Hsuan; Mok, Hin‐Kiu; Ueng, Jinn-Pyng

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“…All locations were coral reef habitat. A detailed description of the Taiwanese sampling sites can be found in Coelho et al 51 and Huang et al 52 and meta data for all samples including the sampling location and time of sampling can be found in Supplementary Data 1. Fragments of host individuals were collected using SCUBA diving, or snorkelling, including the surface and interior or the whole organism (depending on the size) in order to sample as much as possible of the whole prokaryote community.…”

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The sponge microbiome within the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity

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Much recent marine microbial research has focused on sponges, but very little is known about how the sponge microbiome fits in the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity. Here, we present an extensive survey of the prokaryote communities of a wide range of biotopes from Indo-Pacific coral reef environments. We find a large variation in operational taxonomic unit (OTU) richness, with algae, chitons, stony corals and sea cucumbers housing the most diverse prokaryote communities. These biotopes share a higher percentage and number of OTUs with sediment and are particularly enriched in members of the phylum Planctomycetes. Despite having lower OTU richness, sponges share the greatest percentage (>90%) of OTUs with >100 sequences with the environment (sediment and/or seawater) although there is considerable variation among sponge species. Our results, furthermore, highlight that prokaryote microorganisms are shared among multiple coral reef biotopes, and that, although compositionally distinct, the sponge prokaryote community does not appear to be as sponge-specific as previously thought.

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“…Suberites diversicolor specimens from open sea habitat were collected in the Penghu archipelago, off the western coast of Taiwan ( Fig. 1 in Huang et al 2016). The coastal areas of the islands and islets are dominated by characteristic fringing reefs, with high abundance and biodiversity of subtidal sponges (Huang et al 2016;Coelho et al 2018).…”

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“…1 in Huang et al 2016). The coastal areas of the islands and islets are dominated by characteristic fringing reefs, with high abundance and biodiversity of subtidal sponges (Huang et al 2016;Coelho et al 2018). The waters surrounding this archipelago are influenced by three distinct currents, the cold southbound Chinese Coastal Current, the warm northbound South China Sea Current and the Kuroshio Current.…”

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Geographical location and habitat predict variation in prokaryotic community composition of Suberites diversicolor

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Purpose: Marine lakes are unique habitats that house diverse assemblages of benthic and planktonic organisms including endemic species. In this study, we aimed to assess to what extent geographical location (Berau versus Papua) and the degree of marine lake connectivity (relatively open versus closed) to the surrounding marine environment structures the prokaryotic community composition of the sponge species Suberites diversicolor. Methods: Sponge specimens were sampled in five marine lakes in Borneo and Papua and one open sea habitat in Taiwan. Result: Prokaryotic communities of S. diversicolor were dominated by members assigned to the Proteobacteria (particularly Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria) and Cyanobacteria, which together made up from 78 to 87% of sequences in all samples. The dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in most samples, OTUs 1 and 3, were both assigned to the alphaproteobacterial order Rhodospirillales with OTU-1 dominant in the marine lakes of Berau and Papua and OTU-3 in Taiwan. OTU-3 was also largely absent from Papuan samples but present in all Berau samples. Compositionally, S. diversicolor samples clustered according to geographical location with the main axis of variation separating marine lake samples collected in Berau from those collected in Papua and the second axis of variation separating open sea samples collected in Taiwan from all marine lake samples. In addition, our results suggest that the degree of lake connectivity to the open sea also influences prokaryotic composition. Conclusion: Although previous studies have shown that sponge-associated microbial communities tend to be stable across different geographical and environmental gradients, in the present study, both geography and local environmental conditions were significant predictors of variation in prokaryotic community composition of S. diversicolor.

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“…In the present study, we used Illumina sequencing to explore and compare the microeukaryote communities of 6 sponge species and seawater collected in the Penghu archipelago, Taiwan from 25 to 29 of July, 2014 (Supplementary Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-019-01476-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Huang et al (2016) and Coelho et al (2018) for detailed descriptions of the sampling area). The sponge species sampled were Acanthostylotella cornuta, Agelas cavernosa, Echinodictyum asperum, Hyrtios erectus, Stylissa carteri and Suberites diversicolor.…”

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A comparison of microeukaryote communities inhabiting sponges and seawater in a Taiwanese coral reef system

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Purpose Assess microeukaryote community composition in seawater and sponge samples from Taiwanese coral reefs. Methods In the present study, we used Illumina sequencing to explore the microeukaryote communities of seven biotopes (six sponge species and seawater) sampled in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan. Result Microeukaryote communities were dominated by Dinoflagellates with Dinophyceae and Syndiniales well represented in all biotopes. Other abundant taxa included metazoa, red and green algae and Radiolaria. The only significant differences were a significantly higher relative abundance of Picobiliphyta and Stramenopiles_X in seawater and Metamonada in the sponge Acanthostylotella cornuta. There was also a significant difference in composition among biotopes with samples from sponges and seawater forming distinct clusters. There was, however, no congruence between prokaryote and microeukaryote community composition. After removing all OTUs < 100 sequences, more than 90% of remaining OTUs representing > 99.5% of sequences were shared between sponge and seawater samples. Conclusion This data in the present study would appear to suggest that marine microeukaryote communities in sponges are largely derived from the surrounding seawater. Abundant OTUs were also related to organisms previously retrieved from seawater. A number of these OTUs though had relatively low sequence similarity to organisms in GenBank suggesting that more research of the microeukaryote communities in the Penghu archipelago may yield novel organisms in this relatively unexplored area.

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Biodiversity pattern of subtidal sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Penghu Archipelago (Pescadores), Taiwan

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

The sponge microbiome within the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity

The sponge microbiome within the greater coral reef microbial metacommunity

Geographical location and habitat predict variation in prokaryotic community composition of Suberites diversicolor

A comparison of microeukaryote communities inhabiting sponges and seawater in a Taiwanese coral reef system

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