Rob van Soest

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Rob van Soest
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Robertus Wilhelmus Maria (Rob) van Soest, born in 1946, [1] is a Dutch marine biologist. He works at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and is also affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. He co-authored with John N. A. Hooper Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges, [2] a standard reference for sponge classification. [3] [4] [5]

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He was editor in chief of the World Porifera Database (WPD) from 2004 to 2021, [6] and is currently (March 2022) one of its taxonomic editors. [7]

He has contributed to the systematics, the phylogeny and the taxonomy of sponges, [8] [9] [10] to their chemistry [11] and biological properties (and the pharmacological use thereof) [12] [13] [14]

His zoological abbreviation is van Soest.

Taxa

A search on his name (March 2022) in the WoRMS database gives 691 taxa names authored by van Soest. See also taxa named by Rob van Soest.

Publications

He has authored (co-authored) over at least 170 peer reviewed scientific papers, over 60 of which concern the biochemistry of sponges.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leucosolenida</span> Order of calcareous sponges

Leucosolenida is an order of sponges in the class Calcarea and the subclass Calcaronea. Species in the order Leucosolenida are calcareous, with a skeleton composed exclusively of free spicules without calcified non-spicular reinforcements.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demosponge</span> Class of sponges

Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include greater than 90% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide. They are sponges with a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite. They are predominantly leuconoid in structure. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges. Some species, in particular from the Antarctic, obtain the silica for spicule building from the ingestion of siliceous diatoms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hexasterophora</span> Subclass of Hexactinellid sponges

Hexasterophora are a subclass of glass sponges in the class Hexactinellida. Most living hexasterophorans can be divided into three orders: Lyssacinosida, Lychniscosida, and Sceptrulophora. Like other glass sponges, hexasterophorans have skeletons composed of overlapping six-rayed spicules. In addition, they can be characterized by the presence of hexasters, a type of microsclere with six rays unfurling into multi-branched structures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dendroceratida</span> Order of sponges

Dendroceratida is an order of sponges of the class Demospongiae. They are typically found in shallow coastal and tidal areas of most coasts around the world. They are generally characterized by concentric layers of fibers containing spongin, and by large flagellated chambers that open directly into the exhalant canals. Along with the Dictyoceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic spongin-containing fibers is present instead.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyssacinosida</span> Order of sponges

Lyssacinosida is an order of glass sponges (Hexactinellida) belonging to the subclass Hexasterophora. These sponges can be recognized by their parenchymal spicules usually being unconnected, unlike in other sponges in the subclass where the spicules form a more or less tightly connected skeleton. Lyssacine sponges have existed since the Upper Ordovician, and three families are still alive today. The Venus' flower basket is one of the most well-known and culturally significant of the glass sponges.

John N.A. Hooper is an Australian marine biologist and writer on science. He is the current Head of Biodiversity & Geosciences Programs at the Queensland Museum. His research has included studying the possible medical benefits of marine sponges, including beta blockers for heart disease, and for compounds to combat illnesses like gastro-intestinal disease and cancer. In 2007 he was a member of the Discussion Panel On Marine Genetic Resources for the eighth annual United Nations Informal Consultative Process for Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS).

<i>Spongia officinalis</i> Species of sponge

Spongia officinalis, better known as a variety of bath sponge, is a commercially used sea sponge. Individuals grow in large lobes with small openings and are formed by a mesh of primary and secondary fibers. It is light grey to black in color. It is found throughout the Mediterranean Sea up to 100 meters deep on rocky or sandy surfaces.

<i>Geodia barretti</i> Species of sponge

Geodia barretti is a massive deep-sea sponge species found in the boreal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is fairly common on the coasts of Norway and Sweden. It is a dominant species in boreal sponge grounds. Supported by morphology and molecular data, this species is classified in the family Geodiidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Verongimorpha</span> Subclass of sponges

Verongimorpha is the name of a subclass of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera. It was first authenticated and described by Erpenbeck et al. in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rossellidae</span> Family of sponges

Rossellidae is a family of glass sponges belonging to the order Lyssacinosa. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found at a large range of depths.

<i>Staurocalyptus</i> Genus of sponges

Staurocalyptus is a genus of sponge. It was circumscribed in 1897 by Isao Ijima.

<i>Anheteromeyenia</i> Genus of sponges

Anheteromeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponge. It has been recorded in the Nearctic, the Neotropics. This taxon was initially a subgenus of Heteromeyenia when K. Schöder circumscribed it in 1927, but W. M. de Laubenfels made it a genus in its own right in 1936.

<i>Aspidoscopulia</i> Genus of sponges

Aspidoscopulia is a genus of glass sponge in the family Farreidae.

Dragmacidon australe is a species of sponge in the family, Axinellidae.

Gert Wörheide is a German marine biologist who works mainly on marine invertebrates. He earned his doctorate in geobiology from Georg-August-Universität, following this with a post-doctorate at Queensland Museum (1998-2002), where he worked with John Hooper on sponges, a collaboration which continues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coelosphaeridae</span> Genus of sponges

Coelosphaeridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida. Species are found across the globe.

<i>Plakortis</i> Genus of sponges

Plakortis is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880.

Phyllis Jane Fromont is a New Zealand and Australian scientist specialising in sponges.

Michelle Kelly, also known as Michelle Kelly-Borges, is a New Zealand scientist who specialises in sponges, their chemistry, their evolution, taxonomy, systematics, and ecology.

<i>Monanchora</i> Genus of demosponges

Monanchora is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeida. The genus contains 18 species, which have been researched for their potential use in medicine.

References

  1. "IdRef: Soest, Rob W. M. van (1946-.... ; biologiste)". idref.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. John N.A. Hooper; Rob W.M. van Soest (2002). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. New York City: Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN   0-306-47260-0. OL   15578131M. Wikidata   Q63090983.
  3. Joseph Pawlik (21 March 2003). "Invertebrate Zoology: Sorting Sponges". Science . 299 (5614): 1846b-1847. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1082916. ISSN   0036-8075. Wikidata   Q56268027.
  4. Lorraine Berry (February 2003). "Soaking up the limelight". Nature . 421 (6925): 791. doi:10.1038/421791A. ISSN   1476-4687. Wikidata   Q56268026.
  5. Chambers, Susan (September 2003). "Systema porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges,edited by J.N.A. Hooper and R.W.M. van Soest. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, Dordrecht, 2002, 1756pp. ISBN 0‐306‐47260‐0". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 13 (5): 461–462. doi:10.1002/aqc.593.
  6. "World Porifera Database". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. IMIS, VLIZ -. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - IMIS: Dr Rob van Soest". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. Julie Reveillaud; Thomas Remerie; Rob van Soest; et al. (9 April 2010). "Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships between Atlanto-Mediterranean shallow-water and deep-sea coral associated Hexadella species (Porifera, Ianthellidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 56 (1): 104–114. doi:10.1016/J.YMPEV.2010.03.034. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   20382244. Wikidata   Q49106926.
  9. Julie Reveillaud; Rob van Soest; Sofie Derycke; Bernard Picton; Annelien Rigaux; Ann Vanreusel (9 February 2011). "Phylogenetic relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): under-estimated diversity in reef ecosystems". PLOS One . 6 (2): e16533. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616533R. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0016533 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3036665 . PMID   21347368. Wikidata   Q28477121.
  10. Christine Morrow; Paco Cárdenas; Nicole Boury-Esnault; et al. (11 May 2019). "Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 187 (1): 31–81. doi:10.1093/ZOOLINNEAN/ZLZ017. ISSN   1096-3642. Wikidata   Q104454716.
  11. Anake Kijjoa; Júlia Bessa; Rawiwan Wattanadilok; et al. (2 August 2018). "Dibromotyrosine Derivatives, a Maleimide, Aplysamine-2 and Other Constituents of the Marine Sponge Pseudoceratina purpurea". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B . 60 (8): 904–908. doi:10.1515/ZNB-2005-0815. ISSN   0932-0776. Wikidata   Q105027244.
  12. Marianne Sadar; David E Williams; Nasrin R Mawji; et al. (4 October 2008). "Sintokamides A to E, chlorinated peptides from the sponge Dysidea sp. that inhibit transactivation of the N-terminus of the androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells". Organic Letters . 10 (21): 4947–4950. doi:10.1021/OL802021W. ISSN   1523-7060. PMID   18834139. Wikidata   Q33373804.
  13. Roger G Linington; Marilyn Robertson; Annick Gauthier; B Brett Finlay; John B. MacMillan; Tadeusz F Molinski; Rob van Soest; Raymond J Andersen (1 February 2006). "Caminosides B-D, antimicrobial glycolipids isolated from the marine sponge Caminus sphaeroconia". Journal of Natural Products . 69 (2): 173–177. doi:10.1021/NP050192H. ISSN   0163-3864. PMID   16499312. Wikidata   Q82653366.
  14. Florence Lefranc; Genoveffa Nuzzo; Nehal Aly Hamdy; et al. (26 August 2013). "In vitro pharmacological and toxicological effects of norterpene peroxides isolated from the Red Sea sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus on normal and cancer cells". Journal of Natural Products . 76 (9): 1541–1547. doi:10.1021/NP400107T. ISSN   0163-3864. PMID   23977995. Wikidata   Q50487016.