| Svenzea zeai | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Scopalinida |
| Family: | Scopalinidae |
| Genus: | Svenzea |
| Species: | S. zeai |
| Binomial name | |
| Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pseudaxinella zeai Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998 | |
Svenzea zeai is a species of sponge belonging to the family Scopalinidae, first described in 1998 as Pseudaxinella zeai. The species epithet, zeai, honours the Colombian spongiologist Sven Zea who first collected it.
It is found in the West Atlantic Ocean, and is a common sponge of off-shore reefs in the Caribbean
il produces the largest embryos and larvae so far recorded for sponges.
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ B. Alvarez; Rob van Soest; Klaus Rützler (1998). "A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 598: 1–47. ISSN 0081-0282. Wikidata Q105741059.
- "Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Klaus Rützler; Rob W. M. Soest; Belinda Alvarez (17 August 2010). "Svenzea zeai, a Caribbean reef sponge with a giant larva, and Scopalina ruetzleri: a comparative fine-structural approach to classification (Demospongiae, Halichondrida, Dictyonellidae)" (PDF). Invertebrate Biology. 122 (3): 203–222. doi:10.1111/J.1744-7410.2003.TB00085.X. ISSN 1077-8306. Wikidata Q111196174.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Svenzea zeai | |