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Borojevic, Roberto Berlinck and Solange Peixinho; as wellas Andrezj Pisera, Marinella Laport and Sally Leys foradditional support. Finally, we could not possibly forget theseveral volunteers who helped us in preparing and running theconference: André Rossi, Barbara Andrea, Carla Zilberberg,Daniela Batista, Daniela Lopes, Emiliano Calderon, EmílioLanna, Fernanda Azevedo, Fernanda Cavalcanti, Fernandode Moraes, Guilherme Maia, Gustavo da Silva, Karina Hajdu,Leandro Monteiro, Maíra de Oliveira, Mariana Carvalho,Maurício de Campos, Suzi Ribeiro and Viviane Santos.Looking back in time, two moments were crucial for themaking of the 7 th ISS, and consequently for the publicationof this book. First of these, the gathering in Rio de Janeiro,back in 1987, of Professors Nicole Boury-Esnault, SolangePeixinho, Radovan Borojevic and Antônio Solé-Cava,to teach a course on sponge biology to a group of youngundergraduates of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.Among these, three editors of this book. Remembering thesefirst steps is a much deserved honor we are obliged to render.Secondly, the many demands for a meeting in Rio de Janeiro,starting in Amsterdam, at the occasion of the 4 th ISS in 1993,a time when the four editors of this volume were still half wayin their PhDs.We hope that this book will not only provide an update ofachievements in most fields of inquiry regarding sponges, butalso be a fertile ground for the birth of new questions, debatesand ideas for future endeavours on “Porifera Research”spread worldwide.The EditorsMárcio Reis CustódioGisele Lôbo-HajduEduardo HajduGuilherme Muricy