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 (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