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Lubomirskiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Porifera

Order
  
Spongillida

Class
  
Demospongiae

Rank
  
Family

Similar
  
Lubomirskia baicalensis, Haplosclerida, Spongillidae, Ephydatia, Niphatidae

Lubomirskiidae is a family of freshwater sponges from Lake Baikal in Russia.

Lubomirskia baicalensis, Baikalospongia bacillifera and B. intermedia are unusually large for freshwater sponges and can reach 1 m (3.3 ft) or more. These three are also the most common sponges in Lake Baikal. Most sponges in the lake are typically green when alive because of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zoochlorella), but can also be brownish or yellowish.

Genera and species

The family contains four genera and twelve species:

  • Baikalospongia Annandale, 1914
  • Baikalospongia bacillifera Dybowsky, 1880
  • Baikalospongia dzhegatajensis Rezvoi, 1927
  • Baikalospongia intermedia Dybowsky, 1880
  • Baikalospongia martinsoni Efremova, 2004
  • Baikalospongia recta Efremova, 2004
  • Lubomirskia Dybowsky, 1880
  • Lubomirskia abietina Swartschewsky, 1901
  • Lubomirskia baicalensis (Pallas, 1773)
  • Lubomirskia fusifera Soukatschoff, 1895
  • Lubomirskia incrustans Efremova, 2004
  • Rezinkovia Efremova, 2004
  • Rezinkovia arbuscula Efremova, 2004
  • Rezinkovia echinata Efremova, 2004
  • Swartschewskia Makuschok, 1927
  • Swartschewskia papyracea (Dybowsky, 1880)
  • References

    Lubomirskiidae Wikipedia