{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Bergquistia | authority = Sim & Lee, 2002 | type_species = ''Bergquistia coreana'' | type_species_authority = Sim & Lee, 2002 | synonyms = }}
'''''Bergquistia''''' is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Bergquistia'' Sim & Lee, 2002 |year=2025 |id=131751 |db=Porifera |access-date=20 October 2025 }}</ref> The genus was first described i 2002 by Korean zoologists, Chung-Ja Sim and Kyung Jin Lee,<ref name=WoRMS></ref><ref name=SimLee>{{cite Q|Q58133635}}</ref> who together with Young A Kim redescribed the genus in 2017.<ref name=WoRMS/><ref name=SimLee2017>{{cite Q|Q122063580}}</ref> The type species is ''Bergquistia coreana''.<ref name="WoRMS" /> The genus name honours the New Zealand sponge taxonomist, Patricia Bergquist.
== Species == The following species are recognized by WoRMS in the genus ''Bergquistia'':<ref name="WoRMS" /> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= * ''Bergquistia baculus'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 * ''Bergquistia coreana'' Sim & Lee, 2002 * ''Bergquistia latus'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 * ''Bergquistia ramus'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 * ''Bergquistia textura'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 * ''Bergquistia udoensis'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.gbif.org/species/2239205 ''Bergquistia'' Occurrence data] from GBIF {{Taxonbar|from=Q61473693}}
Category:Dictyoceratida Category:Sponge genera Category:Taxa named by Chung-Ja Sim Category:Animals described in 2002 Category:Taxa named by Kyung Jin Lee
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