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  Genus Radiospongilla

Species R. crateriformis

Taxon Information

The Species R. crateriformis 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

• Radiospongilla crateriformis, "reported primarily from the eastern half of the United States but as far west as Wisconsin and Texas, also occurring in southern Canada, as well as China, Japan, southeast Asia, and Australia (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Radiospongilla crateriformis, Farm Ponds, Auburn Univ., Trib. Tallapoosa R., Lee Co. Ala (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Radiospongilla crateriformis, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Meyenia crateriformis, (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
• World Porifera Database