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  Genus Pottsiela

Species P. aspinosa

Taxon Information

The Species P. aspinosa 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

• Spongilla aspinosa, "reported from Florida to Michigan in the United States, and from eastern Canada" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Spongilla aspinosa, [Wisconsin] (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Spongilla aspinosa, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Spongilla aspinosa, "From clear standing water in N.J. and Va." (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