Svenzea, a new genus of Dictyonellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) from tropical reef environments, with description of two new species

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 171-176

  Alvarez, Belinda ^a   Van Soest, Rob W M ^b   Rützler, Klaus ^c  

^a Museum/Art Gallery of the N Terr   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demospongiae; Dictyonellidae; New genus; New species; Porifera; Svenzea cristinae; Svenzea devoogdae

Indexed keywords

DEMOSPONGIAE; DICTYONELLIDAE; HALICHONDRIDA; HAPLOSCLERIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; PSEUDAXINELLA ZEAI; SVENZEA; SVENZEA CRISTINAE; SVENZEA DEVOOGDAE;

EID: 0036978798     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07104007     Document Type: Article

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