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  Genus Spongilla

Species S. alba

Taxon Information

The Species S. alba has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

  • Spongilla alba, "occurs in warmer regions worldwide with a strong preference for brackish water, reported from the southeastern coastal regions of the United States" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).

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.

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