Atergia Villosa
''Atergia villosa'' is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in rocky deep-sea habitats around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. This is a round, yellow, velvety-soft sponge up to 3 cm across. It is usually found attached to a scallop Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ... shell. References Sponges of New Zealand Animals described in 1997 Polymastiidae Taxa named by Patricia Bergquist Taxa named by Michelle Kelly (marine scientist) {{demosponge-stub ...
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Michelle Kelly-Borges
Michelle Kelly (born 1961), also known as Michelle Kelly-Borges, is a New Zealand scientist who specialises in sponges, their chemistry, their evolution, taxonomy, systematics, and ecology. Early life and education Born in Otago in 1961, Kelly lived in Papua New Guinea with her family from 1970 to 1980, and was educated at The Correspondence School. From 1980, she studied at the University of Auckland, and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1983, and a Master of Science with honours in 1987. Her masterate research, supervised by Patricia Bergquist, was an investigation of the systematics and ecology of the sponges of Motupore Island in Papua New Guinea. The title of that thesis was ''Systematics and ecology of the sponges of Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea''. She then earned a PhD at the University of Auckland in 1991 under the joint supervision of Patricia and Peter Bergquist, with a thesis entitled, ''The order Hadromerida (Porifera: Demospongiae), taxonomy and rela ...
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