Svenzea zeai

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Svenzea zeai
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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 [1]

Pseudaxinella zeaiAlvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998

Svenzea zeai is a species of sponge belonging to the family Scopalinidae, first described in 1998 as Pseudaxinella zeai. [1] [2] The species epithet, zeai, honours the Colombian spongiologist Sven Zea who first collected it. [2]

It is found in the West Atlantic Ocean, [2] [3] and is a common sponge of off-shore reefs in the Caribbean [4]

il produces the largest embryos and larvae so far recorded for sponges. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 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.
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