Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2001). New species of Spongia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from New Zealand, and a proposed subgeneric structure. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 35(1): 33-58.
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2001
New species of <i>Spongia</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from New Zealand, and a proposed subgeneric structure.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
This paper is the fifth in a series revising the taxonomy of New Zealand dictyoceratid
sponges (phylum Porifera, subclass Ceractinomorpha, order Dictyoceratida). Six new species of the genus Spongia are added to New Zealand's known fauna. The use of subgenera within the genus Spongia is discussed, and two new subgenera are proposed. The genus Hippospongia is revised, and an emended generic diagnosis is proposed.