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  Genus Trochospongilla

Species T. leidii

Taxon Information

The Species T. leidii 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

• Trochospongilla leidii, "reported from limited regions of the eastern United States, with one report of a population from the Panama Canal" (Reiswig & Ricciardi, 2010).
• Trochospongilla leidyi [sic], [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Trochospongilla leidyi [sic], "From La. and Tex. as well as original field of discovery near Philadelphia. Generally distributed in the lower Illinois River." (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.
• 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