Anheteromeyenia
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| Anheteromeyenia | |
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| A. argyrosperma gemmule cross section | |
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| A. argyrosperma spicules | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Spongillida |
| Family: | Spongillidae |
| Genus: | Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Spongilla argyrosperma[1] Potts, 1880 | |
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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]
As of 2018[update], 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
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