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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Scopalinida |
| Family: | Scopalinidae |
| Genus: | Svenzea |
| Species: | S. zeai
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| Binomial name | |
| Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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.