| Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges R Manconi, R Pronzato Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges, 921-1019, 2002 | 200 | 2002 |
| Hard bottoms CN Bianchi, R Pronzato, R Cattaneo-Vietti, L Benedetti-Cecchi, C Morri, ... Biologia Marina Mediterranea 11 (1), 185-215, 2004 | 159 | 2004 |
| Global diversity of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) in freshwater R Manconi, R Pronzato Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment, 27-33, 2008 | 138 | 2008 |
| Mediterranean commercial sponges: over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage R Pronzato, R Manconi Marine Ecology 29 (2), 146-166, 2008 | 133 | 2008 |
| Mortality of commercial sponges: incidence in two Mediterranean areas E Gaino, R Pronzato, G Corriero, P Buffa Italian Journal of Zoology 59 (1), 79-85, 1992 | 120 | 1992 |
| The marine sponge Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 as an elective candidate for bioremediation in integrated aquaculture M Milanese, E Chelossi, R Manconi, A Sara, M Sidri, R Pronzato Biomolecular engineering 20 (4-6), 363-368, 2003 | 119 | 2003 |
| Sustainable production of biologically active molecules of marine based origin PM Murray, S Moane, C Collins, T Beletskaya, OP Thomas, AWF Duarte, ... New Biotechnology 30 (6), 839-850, 2013 | 115 | 2013 |
| Characterisation and antimicrobial activity of epibiotic bacteria from Petrosia ficiformis (Porifera, Demospongiae) E Chelossi, M Milanese, A Milano, R Pronzato, G Riccardi Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 309 (1), 21-33, 2004 | 108 | 2004 |
| Sponge‐fishing, disease and farming in the Mediterranean Sea R Pronzato Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 9 (5), 485-493, 1999 | 108 | 1999 |
| Sponge farming in the Mediterranean Sea: new perspectives R Pronzato Memoirs Queensland Mus 44, 485-491, 1999 | 100 | 1999 |
| Distribution of benthic phyto-and zoocoenoses along a light gradient in a superficial marine cave F Cinelli, E Fresi, L Mazzella, M Pansini, R Pronzato, A Svoboda Biology of benthic organisms, 173-183, 1977 | 90 | 1977 |
| The Ligurian Sea: present status, problems and perspectives RC Vietti, G Albertelli, S Aliani, S Bava, G Bavestrello, LB Cecchi, ... Chemistry and Ecology 26 (S1), 319-340, 2010 | 85 | 2010 |
| Observations on the dynamics of a Mediterranean sponge community M Pansini, R Pronzato New perspectives in sponge biology, 404-415, 1990 | 84 | 1990 |
| Gemmules as a key structure for the adaptive radiation of freshwater sponges: a morphofunctional and biogeographical study R Manconi, R Pronzato Porifera research: biodiversity, innovation and sustainability. Museu …, 2007 | 82 | 2007 |
| Cacospongionolide B, a new sesterterpene from the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa S de Rosa, A Crispino, A de Giulio, C Iodice, R Pronzato, N Zabodnik Journal of natural products 58 (11), 1776-1780, 1995 | 80 | 1995 |
| Organizational plasticity as a successful conservative tactics in sponges E Gaino, R Manconi, R Pronzato Animal Biology 4, 31-43, 1995 | 76 | 1995 |
| Ultrastructural evidence of bacterial damage to Spongia officinalis fibres(Porifera, Demospongiae). E Gaino, R Pronzato Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 6 (1), 67-74, 1989 | 69 | 1989 |
| Body polarity and mineral selectivity in the demosponge Chondrosia reniformis G Bavestrello, U Benatti, B Calcinai, R Cattaneo-Vietti, C Cerrano, ... The Biological Bulletin 195 (2), 120-125, 1998 | 66 | 1998 |
| Atlas of European freshwater sponges R Pronzato, R Manconi Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Ferrara 4, 3-64, 2001 | 65 | 2001 |
| Phylum porifera R Manconi, R Pronzato Thorp and Covich's freshwater invertebrates, 39-83, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
