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Spongilla lacustris

Demospongiae - Spongillida - Spongillidae

Taxonomy
Spongilla lacustris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Spongilla lacustris Linnaeus
1986Spongilla lacustris Harrison and Warner p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassHeteroscleromorphaCardenas et al. 2012
RankNameAuthor
orderSpongillidaManconi and Pronzato 2002
familySpongillidaeGray 1867
genusSpongillaLamarck 1816
specieslacustrisLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Spongilla lacustris Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:48:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:48:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Spongilla lacustris (21990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (British Columbia) Spongilla lacustris (185235)