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  Genus Spongilla

Species S. lacustris

Taxon Information

The Species S. lacustris 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 lacustris, "throughout the Northern Hemisphere; one of the most common species throughout the United States and Canada" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Spongilla lacustris, [Wisconsin] (Annesley et al., 2008).
• Spongilla lacustris, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Spongilla lacustris, "Distribution world wide" (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

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• World Porifera Database