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Malawispongiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Porifera

Order
  
Spongillida

Class
  
Demospongiae

Rank
  
Family

Malawispongiidae

Similar
  
Haplosclerida, Niphatidae, Spongillidae, Petrosina

Malawispongiidae is a family of freshwater sponges found in the ancient lakes of Malawi, Tanganyika, Kinneret, Ohrid and Poso. As presently defined, the family is polyphyletic.

Genera and species

The family contains five genera and six species:

  • Cortispongilla (Lake Kinneret, but validity of this genus is questionable)
  • Cortispongilla barroisi (Topsent, 1892)
  • Malawispongia (Lake Malawi)
  • Malawispongia echinoides Brien, 1972
  • Ochridaspongia (Lake Ohrid)
  • Ochridaspongia interlithonis Arndt, 1937
  • Ochridaspongia rotunda Arndt, 1937
  • Pachydictyum (Lake Poso)
  • Pachydictyum globosum Weltner, 1901
  • Spinospongilla (Lake Tanganyika)
  • Spinospongilla polli Brien, 1974

    • References

    Malawispongiidae Wikipedia
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