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  Genus Ephydatia

Species E. fluviatilis (+ E. cooperensis)

Taxon Information

The Species E. fluviatilis 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

  • Ephydatia fluviatilis, "truly cosmopolitan with more frequent occurrence in temperate than in tropical zones" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
  • Ephydatia cooperensis, "known only from three lakes in northern rocky mountains of western Montana" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
  • Ephydatia fluviatilis, China; Shandong; Jinan. (Annesley et al., 2008).
  • Ephydatia fluviatilis, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
  • Meyenia fluviatilis, "Widely distributed in both Europe and N.A." (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.

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