%0 Journal Article
%T Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges.
%A Skaraki K
%A Pavloudi C
%A Dailianis T
%A Lagnel J
%A Pantazidou A
%A Magoulas A
%A Kotoulas G
%J Biodivers Data J
%V 12
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38283142
%F 1.54
%R 10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809
%X This paper describes a dataset of microbial communities from four different sponge species: Irciniaoros (Schmidt, 1864), Irciniavariabilis (Schmidt, 1862), Sarcotragusspinosulus Schmidt, 1862 and Sarcotragusfasciculatus (Pallas, 1766). The examined sponges all belong to Demospongiae (Class); Keratosa (Subclass); Dictyoceratida (Order); Irciniidae (Family). Samples were collected by scuba diving at depths between 6-14 m from two sampling sites of rocky formations at the northern coast of Crete (Cretan Sea, eastern Mediterranean) and were subjected to metabarcoding for the V5-V6 region of the 16S rRNA gene.