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Mrs Boury-Esnault, Nicole [ retired ]

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Publications (43)
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Nicole her scientific interests are integrative taxonomy, population dynamics, population genetics, life story, systematics, phylogeny, ecology and biogeography of Porifera and she has published about 140 papers on these topics. Since on year, she is actively involved in maintaining and updating the Mediterranean species for the World Porifera Database, for which she has checked most of the available primary sources. She’s also an active editor for the sponge groups Homoscleromorpha, Keratosa, Verongimorpha and Polymastiida. She pays particular attention to the precise geographic location of sponge species, so good maps with a clear repartition of the species can be generated on the species pages. So far, she has processed about 7.000 of these records.

Taxonomic term: Porifera [WoRMS]

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Taxonomic editor

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Institut National de Science de l'Univers; Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille; Station Marine d'Endoume, more

Function: Responsible for group on biodiversity and evolution

WoRMS Steering Committee (SC), more

Period: till 1st Oct 2018

Deep-sea & Extreme Environments, Patterns of Species and Ecosystem Time Series, more
Large scale and long term Networking on the observation of Global Change and its impact on Marine Biodiversity, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, more

WPD: de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera on yyyy-mm-dd, more

A1 Publications (24) [show]
Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Perez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa 5249(2): 213-252. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3, more Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Paulay, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vranken, S. (2017). Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. Eur. J. Taxon. 389: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.389, more Perez, T.; Diáz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. PLoS One 12(3): e0173859. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859, more Hill, M.S.; Hill, A.L.; Lopez, J.; Peterson, K.J.; Pomponi, S.; Diaz, M.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Adamska, M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Chaves-Fonnegra, A.; Danka, E.; De Laine, B.-O.; Formica, D.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Klontz, S.; Morrow, C.C.; Patel, J.; Picton, B.; Pisani, D.; Pohlmann, D.; Redmond, N.E.; Reed, J.; Richey, S.; Riesgo, A.; Rubin, E.; Russell, Z.; Rützler, K.; Sperling, E.A.; di Stefano, M.; Tarver, J.E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). Reconstruction of family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear encoded housekeeping genes. PLoS One 8(1): e50437. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050437, more Cardenas, P.; Perez, T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2012). Sponge systematics facing new challenges, in: Becerro, M.A. et al. Adv. Mar. Biol. 61: Advances in sponge science: phylogeny, systematics, ecology. Advances in Marine Biology, 61: pp. 79–209. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387787-1.00010-6, more Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; de Voogd, N.J.; Santodomingo, N.; Vanhoorne, B.; Kelly, M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2012). Global diversity of sponges (Porifera). PLoS One 7(4): e35105. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035105, more Gazave, E.; Carteron, S.; Chenuil, A.; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borchiellini, C. (2010). Polyphyly of the genus Axinella and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae^p). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57(1): 35-47. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.028, more Perez, T.; Perrin, B.; Carteron, S.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2006). Celtodoryx girardae gen. nov. sp. nov., a new sponge species (Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae) invading the Gulf of Morbihan (North East Atlantic, France). Cah. Biol. Mar. 47(2): 205-214, more Richelle-Maurer, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Itskovich, V.B.; Manuel, M.; Pomponi, S.A.; Van de Vyver, G.; Borchiellini, C. (2006). Conservation and phylogeny of a novel family of non-Hox genes of the Antp class in Demospongiae (Porifera). J. Mol. Evol. 63(2): 222-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0294-x, more Loukaci, A.; Muricy, G.; Brouard, J.-P.; Guyot, M.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2004). Chemical divergence between two sibling species of Oscarella (Porifera) from the Mediterranean Sea. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 32(10): 893-899. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2004.02.012, more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). A new species of carnivorous deep-sea sponge (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) associated with methanotrophic bacteria. Cah. Biol. Mar. 43(2): 141-148, more Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J. (2000). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea). Zoosystema 22(2): 203-263, more Klautau, M.; Russo, C.A.M.; Lazoski, C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Thorpe, J.P.; Solé-Cava, A.M. (1999). Does cosmopolitanism result from overconservative systematics? A case study using the marine sponge Chondrilla nucula. Evolution 53(5): 1414-1422. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05406.x, more Chombard, C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Tillier, A.; Vacelet, J. (1997). Polyphyly of "sclerosponges" (Porifera, Demospongiae) supported by 28S ribosomal sequences. Biol. Bull. 193(3): 359-367. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1542938, more Muricy, G.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Bézac, C.; Vacelet, J. (1996). Cytological evidence for cryptic speciation in Mediterranean Oscarella species (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). Can. J. Zool. 74(5): 881-896. https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z96-102, more Vacelet, J.; Fiala-Medioni, A.; Fisher, C.R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1996). Symbiosis between methane-oxidizing bacteria and a deep-sea carnivorous cladorhizid sponge. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 145(1-3): 77-85, more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Fiala-Medioni, A.; Fisher, C.R. (1995). A methanotrophic carnivorous sponge. Nature (Lond.) 377(6547): 296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/377296a0, more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1995). Carnivorous sponges. Nature (Lond.) 373(6512): 333-335, more Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.-J. (1992). A new Discorhabdella (Porifera, Demospongiae), a new Tethyan relict of pre-Messinian biota? J. Nat. Hist. 26(1): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770011, more Solé-Cava, A.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Thorpe, J.P. (1992). Biochemical genetic divergence and systematics in sponges of the genera Corticium and Oscarella (Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 113: 299-304. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00347284, more Solé-Cava, A.M.; Klautau, M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borejecic, R.; Thorpe, J.P. (1991). Genetic evidence for cryptic speciation in allopatric populations of two cosmopolitan species of the calcareous sponge genus Clathrina. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 111(3): 381-386. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319410, more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; De Vos, L.; Donadey, C. (1989). Comparative study of the choanosome of Porifera: 2. The keratose sponges. J. Morphol. (1931) 201(2): 119-129, more Boury-Esnault, N. (1976). Ultrastructure de la larve parenchymella d'Hamigera hamigera (Schmidt) (Démosponge, Poecilosclerida): origine des cellules grises = Ultrastructure of the parenchymella larva of Hamigera hamigera (Schmidt): origin of grey-cells. Cah. Biol. Mar. 17(1): 9-20 (6plates), more Boury-Esnault, N. (1970). Un phénomène de bourgeonnement externe chez l'éponge Axinella damicornis (Esper). Cah. Biol. Mar. 11(4): 491-496, 1 plate, more
Peer reviewed publications (4) [show]
Laubier, L.; Pérez, T.; Lejeusne, C.; Garrabou, J.; Chevaldonné, P.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Harmelin, J.-G. (2003). La Méditerranée se réchauffe-t-elle? Mar. Life 13(1-2): 71-81, more Barnathan, G.; Mirallès, J.; Kornprobst, J.-M.; Mangoni, A.; Fattorusso, E.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2000). Unusual sterol composition and classification of two marine sponge families, in: Baudimant, G. et al. Marine lipids: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Brest, 19-20 November 1998. Actes de Colloques - IFREMER, 27: pp. 87-94, more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1996). A new species of carnivorous sponge (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) from a Mediterranean cave. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66(Suppl.): 109-115, more Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.-J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 160. Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-213-6. 174 pp., more
Books (3) [show]
De Vos, L.; Rützler, K.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Donadey, C.; Vacelet, J. (1991). Atlas of sponge morphology = Atlas de morphologie des esponges. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C.ISBN 1-56098-022-2. XII, 117 pp., more Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (Ed.) (1987). Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13. Springer: Berlin. ISBN 3-540-16091-4; e-ISBN 978-3-642-70892-3. VIII, 332 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3, more Levi, C.; Boury-Esnault, N. (Ed.) (1979). Biologie des spongiaires, Paris, 18-22 décembre 1978 = Sponge biology, Paris, 18-22 December 1978. CNRS: Paris. ISBN 2-222-02546-x. 533 pp., more
Book chapters (10) [show]
Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1193-1200, more Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1141-1152, more Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1157-1184, more Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 201-219, more Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Order Chondrosida Boury-Esnault & Lopès, 1985. Family Chondrillidae Gray, 1872, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 291-297, more Manuel, M.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Class Calcarea Bowerbank, 1864, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1103-1110, more Vacelet, J.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M. (2002). Order Lithonida Vacelet, 1981, recent, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1185-1192, more Vacelet, J.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M. (2002). Order Murrayonida Vacelet, 1981, in: Hooper, J.N.A. et al. (Ed.) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. pp. 1153-1156, more Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). Calcareous sponges collected by N.O. Thalassa on the continental margin of the Bay of Biscaye: 1. Calcinea, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 1-27, more Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The Polymastia species (Demosponges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area, in: Vacelet, J. et al. (Ed.) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological sciences, 13: pp. 29-66, more
Abstracts (2) [show]
Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez, A.; Baas Becking, L.M.G.; Muricy, G.; Alvarez, F.; Boxshall, G.A.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Yamasaki, H.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Perez, T.; Voultsiadou, E.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2017). World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a tool for evaluating sponge diversity in marine caves and anchialine systems of the world, in: Picton, B. et al. (Ed.) 10th World Sponge Conference, NUI Galway 23-30 June 2017: Book of Abstracts. pp. 215, more Gooday, A.J.; Billett, D.S.M.; Copley, J.; Cuvelier, D.; Colaço, A.; Desbruyéres, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Galeron, J.; Klages, M.; Kalogeropoulou, V.; Lampadaiou, N.; Arbizu, P.M.; Paterson, G.; Perez, T.; Santos, R.S.; Sarrazin, J.; Tatje, S.; Tyler, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). DEEPSETS – Deep-sea and extreme environments, patterns of species and ecosystem time series, in: Marbef General Assembly - Science Meeting. The value of biodiversity observatories and monitoring for science and society, Sopot & Gdynia, Poland, 14-16 May 2007: book of abstracts. pp. 8, more

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