Anheteromeyenia

Anheteromeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponge.[2] It has been recorded in the Nearctic, the Neotropics.[3] This taxon was initially a subgenus of Heteromeyenia when K. Schöder circumscribed it in 1927, but W. M. de Laubenfels made it a genus in its own right in 1936.[4]

Anheteromeyenia
A. argyrosperma gemmule cross section
A. argyrosperma spicules
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Spongillida
Family: Spongillidae
Genus: Anheteromeyenia
Schröder, 1927
Type species
Spongilla argyrosperma[1]
Potts, 1880
Synonyms
  • Heteromeyenia (Anheteromeyenia) Schröder, 1927

As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following species:[5]

  • Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma (Potts, 1880)[6]
  • Anheteromeyenia cheguevarai Manconi & Pronzato, 2005[3]
  • Anheteromeyenia diamantina Calheira & Pinheiro, 2018[2]
  • Anheteromeyenia ornata (Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1970) Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1996[4]
  • Anheteromeyenia vitrea Buso & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 2012

References
  1. Penney, J. T.; Racek, A. A. (1968). Comprehensive Revision of a Worldwide Collection of Freshwater Sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). United States National Museum Bulletin. Vol. 272. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 114–121.
  2. Calheira, Ludimila; Pinheiro, Ulisses (2018). "A new species of Anheteromeyenia (Porifera, Demospongiae) with an emended diagnosis of the genus". Zootaxa. 4378 (1): 129–136. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.9. PMID 29690022.
  3. Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2005). "Freshwater sponges of the West Indies: Discovery of Spongillidae (Haplosclerida, Spongillina) from Cuba with biogeographic notes and a checklist for the Caribbean area". Journal of Natural History. 39 (36): 3235–3253. doi:10.1080/00222930500307327. S2CID 84932599.
  4. Volkmer-Ribeiro, Cecilia (1996). "Acanthodiscus New Genus and Genus Anheteromeyenia Redefined (Porifera, Spongillidae)". Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 81: 31–43. ISSN 0073-4721.
  5. Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2018). "Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. Potts, Edward (1880). "On Fresh-Water Sponges". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 32: 356–357. JSTOR 4060690.

Further reading
  • Manconi, Renata; Pronzato, Roberto (2002). "Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater Sponges". In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Willenz, P. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Boston: Springer. pp. 929–930. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_97. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2.


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