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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| 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
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ a b Chung Ja Sim; Kyung Jin Lee; Hyung June Kim (31 October 2016). "Nine new species of genus Ircinia (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Irciniidae) from Korea" (PDF). Journal of Species Research. 5 (3): 483–497. doi:10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.483. ISSN 2234-7909. Wikidata Q106698445.
- ^ "Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ^ a b "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 NIBR taxon detail: Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2025-10-20.