''Borojevia'' is a

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calcareous sponge The calcareous sponges or calcereans are sponges that make up the class Calcarea, characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of high-magnesium calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species are triradiate (with three ...

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'' (Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994) * '' Borojevia brasiliensis'' (Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991) * '' Borojevia cerebrum'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Borojevia croatica'' Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016 * '' Borojevia crystallina'' Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018 * '' Borojevia paracerebrum'' (Austin, 1996) * '' Borojevia pirella'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Borojevia tetrapodifera'' (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) * '' Borojevia tenuispinata'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 * '' Borojevia trispinata'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 * '' Borojevia tubulata'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Borojevia voigti'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018

References

World Register of Marine Species entry
Clathrinidae Sponge genera Taxa described in 2013 {{calcarea-stub