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  Genus Heteromeyenia

Species H. tubisperma

Taxon Information

The Species H. tubisperma has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Heteromeyenia tubisperma, "reported only from the eastern half of North America" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Heteromeyenia tubisperma, [Wisconsin] (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Heteromeyenia tubisperma, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Carterius tubispermus, "Widely distributed" (Jewell, 1959).

Bibliography

• Reiswig, H.M. & T.M. Frost & A. Ricciardi. 2010. Porifera. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 91-123.
• Annesley, J., J. Jass & D. Watermolen. 2008. Wisconsin freshwater sponge species documented by scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23(2): 263-272. [Available online]
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Jewell, M. 1959. Porifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 298-312.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• World Porifera Database