Svenzea zeai

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]

Svenzea zeai
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]

Pseudaxinella zeai Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998

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