Spongillidae

Spongilidae is a family of sponges that live in freshwater lakes and rivers. The following genera are recognized in the family: Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927 Corvoheteromeyenia Ezcurra de Drago, 1979 Corvospongilla Annandale, 1911 Dosilia Gray, 1867 Duosclera Reiswig & Ricciardi, 1993 Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816 Eunapius Gray, 1867 Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881 Heterorotula Penney & Racek, 1968 Nudospongilla Annandale, 1918 Pachyrotula Volkmer-Ribeiro & Rützler, 1997 Pectispongilla Annandale, 1909 Pottsiela Volkmer-Ribeiro, Souza-Machado, Furstenau-Oliveira, Vieira-Soares, 2010 Raceki

species of freshwater sponge

species of sponge

Spongilla is a genus of freshwater sponges containing over 200 different species. Spongilla was first publicly recognized in 1696 by Leonard Plukenet and can be found in lakes, ponds and slow streams.Spongilla have a leuconoid body form with a skeleton composed of siliceous spicules. They are sessile organisms, attaching themselves to hard substrate like rocks, logs. and sometimes to ground. Using their ostia and osculum these sponges filter the water for various small aquatic organisms such as protozoans, bacteria, and other free-floating pond life. Sponges of the genus Spongilla partake in s

species of sponge

species of sponge

genus of sponges

species of sponge

Ephydatia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae.

species of sponge

species of sponge

Heteromeyenia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae.

Radiospongilla is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Spongillidae. It was defined by Penney and Racek in 1968. The type species is Radiospongilla sceptroides.

Anheteromeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponge. It has been recorded in the Nearctic, the Neotropics. This taxon was initially a subgenus of Heteromeyenia when K. Schöder circumscribed it in 1927, but W. M. de Laubenfels made it a genus in its own right in 1936.

Racekiela is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Spongillidae.

Trochospongilla is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae.