Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma

Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Spongillida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Spongillida

Familia: Spongillidae
Genus: Anheteromeyenia
Species: Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma

Name

Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma (Potts, 1880)

• Lectotype: ANSP PO4538, collected by E. Potts on 14 November 1881. [designated by Buso, Volkmer-Ribeiro, Pessenda & Machado (2012: 151)]
• Type locality: “old ruin at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania”, United States.
• Paralectotype (1): ANSP PO4587, same data as lectotype.

Combinations

• Spongilla argyrosperma Potts, 1880: 357 [original combination]
• Heteromeyenia argyrosperma — Potts, 1881: 150 [subsequent combination]
• Heteromeyenia (Anheteromeyenia) argyrosperma — Schröder, 1927: 108 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Potts, E. 1881. On freshwater sponges. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1880: 356–357. BHL Reference page. 
• Buso, Jr., A.A., Volkmer-Ribeiro, C., Pessenda, L.C.R. & Machado, V.S. 2012. Anheteromeyenia vitrea (Porifera: Demospongiae) new species of continental sponge in Brazil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 7(3): 148–157. DOI: 10.4013/nbc.2012.73.01 Reference page. 

Links

• Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma in the World Register of Marine Species