Biology:Ircinia bergquistia
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Short description: Species of sponge
| Ircinia bergquistia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Irciniidae |
| Genus: | Ircinia |
| Species: | I. bergquistia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
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Ircinia bergquistia is a species of sea sponge in the family Irciniidae.[1] It was first described in 2016 by Korean spongiologists, Chung-Ja Sim, Kyung Jin Lee and Kim,[1][2] from a specimen collected at a depth of 20 m by a scuba dive.[3] The species epithet honours New Zealand spongiologist, Patricia Bergquist.[2]
It is a dark-grey, compressible, irregular, thick-walled sponge measuring 8 cm by 9 cm by 4 cm.[4] It has been found off Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251276.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q106698445
- ↑ "Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016 | COL". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6MWLC.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 NIBR taxon detail: Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016". https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&pageMode=view&ktsn=120000206413.
Wikidata ☰ Q61478016 entry
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