{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges.
{Author}: Skaraki K;Pavloudi C;Dailianis T;Lagnel J;Pantazidou A;Magoulas A;Kotoulas G;
{Journal}: Biodivers Data J
{Volume}: 12
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024
{Factor}: 1.54
{DOI}: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809
{Abstract}: 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.