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  Order Spongillida

Family Potamolepidae

    Genus Echinospongilla
    Genus Oncosclera
    Genus Potamolepis
    Genus Potamophloios
    Genus Sterrastrolepis
    Genus Uruguaya

Taxon Information

The Family Potamolepidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

  • Potamolepidae, "6 genera, 31 species" (Hooper et al., 2011).
  • Potamolepidae, [Neotropical, Afrotropical, Pacific Ocean islands; 29 species in 6 genera worldwide] (Manconi & Pronzato, 2008).

Bibliography

  • Hooper, J.N.A., R.W.M. Van Soest & A. Pisera. 2011. Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness . Zootaxa 3148: 13–18. [Available online]
  • Manconi, R. & R. Pronzato. 2008. Global diversity of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 27-33. [Available online]

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