Smenospongia aurea

Smenospongia aurea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae
Genus: Smenospongia
Species:
S. aurea
Binomial name
Smenospongia aurea
(Hyatt, 1875)
Synonyms
List
  • Aplysina aurea Hyatt, 1875
  • Stelospongos cribriformis var. stabilis Hyatt, 1877
  • Stelospongos cribriformis var. typica Hyatt, 1877
  • Verongia aurea Hyatt, 1875

Smenospongia aurea is a species of sea sponge found in the Caribbean in the class Demospongiae. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1875 by Alpheus Hyatt, as Aplysina aurea.