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  Genus Heteromeyenia

Species H. tentasperma

Taxon Information

The Species H. tentasperma 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

  • Heteromeyenia tentasperma, "reported only from northeastern to midwestern United States" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
  • Heteromeyenia tentasperma, [Wisconsin] (Annesley et al., 2008).
  • Carterius tentaspermus, "N.J., eastern Pa. and Wis." (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.

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