Ircinia bergquistia
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| Ircinia bergquistia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Irciniidae |
| Genus: | Ircinia |
| Species: | I. bergquistia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ircinia bergquistia | |
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]
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