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  Genus Heteromeyenia

Species H. baileyi (+ H. longistylis)

Taxon Information

The Species H. baileyi has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Heteromeyenia baileyi, "widely distributed throughout eastern United States and Canada with a few reports from Europe and South America" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Heteromeyenia longistylis, "known only from the Lehigh River near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Heteromeyenia baileyi, Germany. (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Heteromeyenia baileyi, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Heteromeyenia baileyi, (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

• Canadian Biodiversity
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• World Porifera Database