Racekiela
| Racekiela | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Spongillida |
| Family: | Spongillidae |
| Genus: | Racekiela Bass & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1998[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Racekiela is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Spongillidae.
Racekiella cavernicola was discovered in 2010 and is the first freshwater cave-dwelling sponge in Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.[2]
Species
- Racekiela andina Hernandez & Barreat, 2017[3]
- Racekiela biceps (Lindenschmidt, 1950)[4]
- Racekiela cavernicola Volkmer-Ribeiro, Bichuette & de Sousa Machado, 2010[5]
- Racekiela montemflumina Carballo, Cruz-Barraza, Yanez & Gomez, 2018[6]
- Racekiela pictouensis (Potts, 1885)[7]
- Racekiela ryderi (Potts, 1882)[8]
- Racekiela sheilae (Volkmer-Ribeiro, de Rosa-Barbosa & Marques-Tavares, 1988)[9]
References
- ^ Bass, D. & Volkmer-Ribeiro, C. (1998). Radiospongilla crateriformis (Porifera, Spongillidae) in the West Indies and taxonomic notes. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 85, 123128.
- ^ Volkmer-Ribeiro, Cecilia; Bichuette, Maria Elina; Machado, Vanessa de Sousa (2010). "Racekiela cavernicola (Porifera: Demospongiae) new species and the first record of cave freshwater sponge from Brazil". Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 5 (1): 53–58. doi:10.4013/4747. ISSN 2236-3777.
- ^ Hernández, V. M. Q. & Barreat, J. G. N. (2017). Racekiela andina sp. nov. (Spongillida: Spongillidae): first report of a freshwater sponge from the Venezuelan Andes. ZooTaxa, 4341(2), 275–278.
- ^ Lindenschmidt, M. J. (1950). A new species of freshwater sponge. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 69(2), 214–216.
- ^ Volkmer-Ribeiro, C., Bichutte, M. & de Sousa Machado, V. (2010). Racekiela cavernicola (Porifera: Demospongiae), new species and first record of cave freshwater sponge from Brazil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 5(1), 53–58.
- ^ Carballo, J., Cruz-Barraza, J., Ya'n~ez, B. & Go'mez, P. (2018). Taxonomy and molecular systematic position of freshwater genus Racekiela (Porifera: Spongillida) with the description of a new species from north-west Mexico. Systematics and Biodiversity, 16(2), 160–170.
- ^ Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1885, 28–29.
- ^ Potts, E. (1882). Three more fresh-water sponges. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1882(1), 12–14.
- ^ Volkmer-Ribeiro, C., de Rosa-Barbosa, R. & Marques-Tavares, M. (1988). Anheteromeyenia sheilae sp. n. e outras esponjas dulciaquícolas da região costeira do Rio Grande do Sul. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 68, 83–98.