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  Genus Duosclera

Species D. mackayi (+ D. johanseni)

Taxon Information

The Species D. mackayi 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

• Duosclera mackayi, "throughout the United States and Canada but confined to these regions" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Duosclera mackayi, [Wisconsin] (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Spongilla mackayi, "Widely distributed in northern states and Canada" (Jewell, 1959).
• Spongilla johanseni, "Tundra lake near Shippigan, New Brunswick" (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]
• Jewell, M. 1959. Porifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 298-312.

Web Pages

• Canadian Biodiversity
• World Porifera Database