*3.2. Animal Material*

The sponge *Halichondria vansoesti* (order Suberitida, family Halichondriidae; Figure S46) was collected at a depth of 5–12 m by hand via scuba diving during the 49th scientific cruise on board R/V "Academik Oparin", in the period from 10 November, 2016 to 3 January, 2017, in the South China Sea (the territorial waters of Vietnam, 12◦34 02 N; 109◦24 26 E). The sponge material was identified by Grebnev B.B. A voucher specimen is kept under the registration number N 049-232 in the marine invertebrate collection of the G. B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (Vladivostok, Russia).
