Spongia smaragdus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dictyoceratida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Keratosa Ordo: Dictyoceratida

Familia: Spongiidae
Genus: Spongia
Subgenus: Spongia (Heterofibria)
Species: Spongia smaragdus

Name

Spongia smaragdus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019: 70

• Holotype: SAMC–A24792, collected by T. Samaai on 7 November 2003.
• Type locality: “Seven Mile reef, Sodwana Bay (27.4581°S, 32.7141°E), South Africa, depth 16 m”.

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T., Pillay, R. & Janson, L. 2019. Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Zootaxa 4587(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Spongia smaragdus in the World Register of Marine Species