Borojevia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae. The genus is named after sponge researcher Radovan Borojevic.
Description
Calcinea in which the cormus comprises tightly anastomosed tubes. The skeleton contains regular (equiangular and equiradiate) triactines, tetractines and tripods. The apical actine of the tetractines has spines. Aquiferous system asconoid.
Species
- Borojevia aspina <small>(Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994)</small>
- Borojevia brasiliensis <small>(Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991)</small>
- Borojevia cerebrum <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
- Borojevia croatica <small>Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016</small>
- Borojevia crystallina <small>Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018</small>
- Borojevia paracerebrum <small>(Austin, 1996)</small>
- Borojevia pirella <small>Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018</small>
- Borojevia tetrapodifera <small>(Klautau & Valentine, 2003)</small>
- Borojevia tenuispinata <small>Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017</small>
- Borojevia trispinata <small>Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017</small>
- Borojevia tubulata <small>Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018</small>
- Borojevia voigti <small>Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018</small>
References
World Register of Marine Species entry