Spongillidae

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
Genera (23): Anheteromeyenia - Corvoheteromeyenia - Corvospongilla - Dosilia - Duosclera - Ephydatia - Eunapius - Heteromeyenia - Heterorotula - Nudospongilla - Pachyrotula - Pectispongilla - Pottsiela - Racekiela - Radiospongilla - Rosulaspongilla - Sanidastra - Saturnospongilla - Spongilla - Stratospongilla - Trochospongilla - Umborotula - Uruguayella

Name

Spongillidae Gray, 1867

References

Bowerbrank, J.S. 1863: A monograph of the Spongillidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1863:440-472.
Calheira, L. & Pinheiro, U. 2018. A new species of Anheteromeyenia (Porifera, Demospongiae) with an emended diagnosis of the genus. Zootaxa 4378(1): 129–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.9 Reference page.
Carter, H.J. 1849: A descriptive account of the freshwater sponges (Genus Spongilla) in the Island of Bombay, with observations on their structure and development. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4:81-100.
Gray, J.E. 1867: Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492–558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
Hernández, V.M.Q. & Barreat, J.G.N. 2017. Racekiela andina sp. nov. (Spongillida: Spongillidae): first report of a freshwater sponge from the Venezuelan Andes. Zootaxa 4341(2): 275–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.8. Reference page.
Hooper, J. N. A. & Soest R. W. M. van (eds). 2002: Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. xlviii + 1708 ISBN: 0–306-47260-0
Jakhalekar, S.S. & Ghate, H.V. 2016. Taxonomy of freshwater sponges of Maharashtra, India, with illustrated descriptions and notes on ecology and habitats (Porifera: Spongillida: Spongillidae). Zootaxa 4173(6): 501–529. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.6.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Manconi, R., Cubeddu, T. & Pronzato, R. 2016. Australian freshwater sponges with a new species of Pectispongilla (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spongillida). Zootaxa 4196(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.1.3. Reference page.
Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R. 2002: Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
Manconi R. & Pronzato R. 2009: Atlas of African freshwater sponges. Studies in Afrotropical Zoology Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa, vol. 295, 214 pp.
Penney, J.T. & Racek, A.A. 1968: Comprehensive revision of a world-wide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 272:1-184.
Pinheiro, U., Calheira, L. & Hajdu, E. 2015. A new species of freshwater sponge, Heteromeyenia barlettai sp. nov. from an aquarium in São Paulo, Brazil (Spongillida: Spongillidae). Zootaxa 4034(2): 351–363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Poirrier, M.A. 1976: A taxonomic study of the Spongilla alba, S. cenota, S. wagneri species Group (Porifera: Spongillidae) with ecological observations of S. alba. Pp:203-213. In: F.W. Harrison. y R.C. Cowden. (eds) Aspects of sponges biology. Academic Press, New York.
Tavares, A. & Volkmer-Riveiro, C. 1997: Redecriçao das esponjas de agua doce Oncosclera navicella (Carter, 1881) (Potamolepidae) e Spongilla spoliata Wolmer-Riveiro e Maciel, 1983 (Spongillidae). Biociencias, Porto Alegre 5(1):97-111.
Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Die Süsswasser-Schwämme Böhmens. Abhandlungen der kaiserlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft für Wissenschaften 12(5): 1–43, pls I-III.
Volkmer-Riveiro, C. & Maciel, S.B. 1983: New freshwatersponges from Amazonian Waters. Amazoniana, 8(2):255-264.
Volkmer-Riveiro, C. y Pauls, S. M. 2000: Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera: Demospongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 20(1):1-28.
Volkmer-Riveiro, C. & Rosa-Barbosa, R de. 1972: On Acalle recurvata (Bowerbrank, 1863) and an associated fauna of other freshwater sponges. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 32(3):303-317.
Volkmer-Riveiro, C. & Traveset, A. 1987: Annotated catalogo f the type speciment of Potts’ species of ftreshwater sponges. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 139:223-242.

Links

Spongillidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Spongillidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Бадзягі
Deutsch: Süßwasserschwämme
English: Freshwater sponge
eesti: Järvekäsnlased
ไทย: ฟองน้ำน้ำจืด