Research on the ecology of the carnivorous sponge-associated iridovirus (CaSpA-IV) reveals its presence in the Cnidaria.

Vadym Zaluzhnyi, David Bélanger, Joost T P Verhoeven, Bradley A Weiler, Marta Canuti, Suzanne C Dufour

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Vadym ZaluzhnyiDepartment of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 Canada.

David BélangerNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John's, NL A1C 5X1 Canada.

Joost T P VerhoevenCentre for Evolutionary Hologenomics, The Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1353 Denmark.

Bradley A WeilerCooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL USA.

Marta CanutiDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, 1870 Denmark.

Suzanne C DufourDepartment of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9179-1319

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Abstract

Carnivorous sponge-associated iridovirus (CaSpA-IV) is a recently described virus identified in two deep-sea cladorhizid sponge species from the Gulf of Maine and Baffin Bay. To assess its ecological distribution and potential transmission pathways, we molecularly screened for CaSpA-IV in 32 calanoid copepod samples collected across Newfoundland and Labrador coastal and shelf waters, along with 24 mucus swab and tissue samples collected from six individual deep-sea Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s44370-026-00057-w.

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CladorhizidaeIridoviridaeNucleocytoviricotaParagorgiaPoriferaVirusZooplankton

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PMID42707125

DOI10.1007/s44370-026-00057-w

PMCPMC13547152

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