The marine sponge Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 as an elective candidate for bioremediation in integrated aquaculture

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

“…The bioremediation role in polluted seawaters of some sponge species, such as Chondrilla nucula and Spongia officinalis var. adriatica, has also been corroborated by Milanese et al (2003) and Stabili et al (2006). Slow-growing complex three-dimensional biogenic structures created by hydroids, bryozoans and sponges modify the flow of currents, consolidate sediments and provide a three-dimensional habitat to a multitude of associated species, including many commercially important species (Christiansen, 2009).…”

Cultivation of Marine Sponges with Pharmaceutical Value: Status and Future Prospects in India

“…The sea-based cultivation is advantageous as sponges are known to have bioremediation potential (Milanese et al, 2003;Stabili et al, 2006;Ledda et al, 2014) due to their ability to filter high volumes of water. Kloppel et al, (2008) while conducting experiments on ex situ cultivation of Aplysina aerophoba found this method to be promising to maintain sponges and obtain their bioactive metabolites.…”

“…They are anti-tumour (Tasdemir et al, 2002;Gordaliza, 2010) have potent antileukemic activity (Muller et al, 1985), inhibitory activity against hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma and breast adenocarcinoma cells (Elhady et al, 2016). They are used for the treatment of psoriasis (Pietschmann et al, 2004), as anti foulant (Pereira et al, 2002;Riberio et al, 2012), in cosmetics (Swatschek et al, 2002), for marine environmental bioremediation in integrated aquaculture practices (Milanese et al, 2003), bioremediation in polluted sea water (Stabili et al, 2006), to clear large volume of water of organic and bacterial loads in polluted sites (Ledda et al, 2014) as their pumping activity might play an important role in water purification. They are used in the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (Inbakandan et al, 2012) as silver nanoparticles are being investigated as tools for novel cancer therapeutics (Ong et al, 2013).…”

“…Bath sponge and pearl oyster farms are suggested as feasible natural pollution filtration system in studies on bioremediation mariculture in Zanzibar (Oakland, 2013). Milanese et al, (2003) in his experiments on clearance tests of the sponge Chondrilla nucula suggested this species to be suitable for marine environmental bioremediation, as one square meter patch of this sponge can filter up to 14l/h of sea water. Stabili (2006) also demonstrated the high efficiency of Spongia officinalis var.…”

The Development of Sustainable Saltwater-Based Food Production Systems: A Review of Established and Novel Concepts

“…Polychaetes have commercial value in the saltwater aquarium industry and a number of species have been shown to have antibacterial properties that have applications in the biotechnology industry [4,166]. Like polychaetes, sponges have the ability to utilize bacteria [166] and filter organic particles [139,167,168]. Stabili et al (2006) showed that Demospongiae (Porifera) unselectively filter organic particles of 0.1 mm-50 mm in size, retaining up to 80% of suspended solids after processing the water column within 24 h. Organic particles that fall within this size range include: heterotrophic eukaryotes and bacteria, phytoplankton, and detritus [139].…”