Spongia (Heterofibria) Cook & Bergquist, 2001

Fernandez, Julio C. C., Zapata-Hernández, Germán, Sellanes, Javier & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2025, Description of two new species of sponges (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park and overview on diversity and biogeography of poriferans in oceanic islands of the SE Pacific, Zootaxa 5659 (3), pp. 301-334 : 318

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15823291
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scientific name	Spongia (Heterofibria) Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Subgenus Spongia (Heterofibria) Cook & Bergquist, 2001 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Spongia species in which the dominant sub-primary fiber reticulum is clearly divisible into two different size classes, the smaller approximately 40–50% less in diameter than the larger. The meshes formed by the fiber skeleton are usually polygonal, though irregular in size and shape, and less angular than those seen in the subgenus Spongia (from Cook & Bergquist 2002: 1055).

Type species. Spongia (H.) decooki van Soest & Hooper, 2020 View in CoL (in van Soest et al. 2020: 21); based on Spongia (Heterofibria) cristata Cook & Bergquist, 2001 View in CoL (unaccepted).

Type locality. Leigh , Northland, New Zealand ( Cook & Bergquist 2002: 1055) .