''Stupenda'' is a genus of
sea sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ...
s. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stupendidae and is represented by a single species, ''Stupenda singularis''.
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Habitat
''Stupenda singularis'' is found near the Colville Ridge, in the waters of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[
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References
Tetractinellida
Monotypic sponge genera
Animals described in 2016
Taxa named by Michelle Kelly (marine scientist)
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