Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist was a New Zealand zoologist who specialised in anatomy and taxonomy. At the time of her death, she was professor emerita of zoology and honorary professor of anatomy with radiology at the University of Auckland.
Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida.
Arturia adusta is a species of sea sponge in the family Clathrinidae found in Australia. The species was first described as Clathrina adusta by Gert Wörheide & John Hooper in 1999, and was assigned to the genus, Arthuria, in 2016 by Oliver Voigt & Wörheide. However, the name Arthuria had already been used and hence the genus name was changed to Arturia.
Arturia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae which contains 14 species. It is named after Arthur Dendy, a prominent researcher of calcareous sponges. It was renamed Arturia in 2017 because the name Arthuria was already assigned to a genus of molluscs.
Caulospongia biflabellata, commonly known as the western staircase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is a marine sponge of the temperate waters of Australia.
Guilherme Muricy is a Brazilian invertebrate zoologist, and Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Brazil. He is a specialist in sponges and has written over 100 papers on the chemistry, the taxonomy of sponges, and the descriptions of many new sponge species.
Corticium furcatum is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida. It was first described in 2021, from a fragmented specimen collected at a depth of 5-7 m on the Booker Rocks in Jurien Bay.
Amphimedon lamellata is a species of sponge in the family Niphatidae, first described by Jane Fromont in 1993, from a specimen collected at a depth of 9 m, from Macgillivray Reef, Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef.
Amphimedon paraviridis is a species of sponge in the family Niphatidae, first described by Jane Fromont in 1993, from a specimen collected at a depth of 7 m, in Geoffrey Bay, Magnetic Island, in the Great Barrier Reef.
Manihinea is a genus of deep-water sea sponge in the Theonellidae family, first described by Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali in 1993. The generic description was emended in 2002 by Pisera and Lévi..
Haliclona djeedara is a demosponge, first described by Jane Fromont and David Abdo in 2014. The species epithet, djeedara, means "brown" in Nyoongar.
Phyllis Jane Fromont is a New Zealand and Australian scientist specialising in sponges.
Pipestela is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Axinellidae. The species of this genus are found in Australian waters, New Guinea and other countries to the north of Australia.
Pipestela candelabra is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Pipestela rara is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Pipestela occidentalis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Xestospongia bergquistia is a species of barrel sponge in the family Petrosiidae first described by Jane Fromont in 1991. The species epithet, bergquistia, honours the New Zealand sponge specialist, Patricia Bergquist.
Michelle Kelly, also known as Michelle Kelly-Borges, is a New Zealand scientist who specialises in sponges, their chemistry, their evolution, taxonomy, systematics, and ecology.
Robertus Wilhelmus Maria (Rob) van Soest, born in 1946, is a Dutch marine biologist. He works at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and is also affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. He co-authored with John N. A. Hooper Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges, a standard reference for sponge classification.
Pipestela hooperi is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
