Spongilla alba

Spongilla alba
Taxonomía
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Porifera
Clase:	Demospongiae
Orden:	Haplosclerida
Familia:	Spongillidae
Género:	Spongilla
Especie:	S. alba (Carter, 1849)
Sinonimia
Spongilla alba bengalensis Annandale, 1911 Spongilla alba marina Annandale, 1907 Spongilla alba rhadinea Annandale, 1919 Spongilla lacustris var. bengalensis Annandale, 1906 Spongilla microsclerifera Annandale, 1909 Spongilla nana Annandale, 1915 Spongilla travancorica Annandale, 1909
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Spongilla alba es una especie de esponja de agua dulce, de la familia Spongillidae, descrita por H.J. Carter en 1849.^[1]

Su superficie es hispida, presentando ósculos diminutos y presenta una coloración verdosa en estado natural.^[2] Presenta gémulas de color amarillo localizadas en la base de a esponja, se le han observado tres tipos de espículas: Megascleras lisas rectas o levemente curvadas. Microscleras que presentan micro espinulas y Gemoscleras rectas o levemente curvadas con las extremidades densamente espinadas.^[3]

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1 2 Carter, H.J. 1849: A descriptive acount of the freshwater sponges (Genus Spongilla) in the Island of Bombay, with observations on their structure and development. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4:81-100.
↑ Rodríguez, Gilberto, 1973: El sistema de Maracaibo. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Caracas. 397p.
1 2 3 Volkmer-Riveiro, C. y Pauls, S. M. 2000: Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera: Demospongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 20(1):1-28.
↑ Penney, J.T. & Racek, A.A. 1968: Comprehensive revision of a world-wide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 272:1-184.
↑ Poirrier, M.A. 1976: A taxonomic study of the Spongilla alba, S. cenota, S. wagneri species Group (Porifera: Spongillidae) with ecological observations of S. alba. Pp:203-213. In: F.W. Harrison. Y R.C. Cowden. (eds) Aspects of sponges biology. Academic Press, New York.
↑ Volkmer-Riveiro, C. & Traveset, A. 1987: Annotated catalogo the type speciment of Potts’ species of ftreshwater sponges. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 139:223-242.
↑ Annandale, N. 1906: Notes on the freshwater fauna of India. 1. A variety of Spongilla lacustris from brackish water of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 2: 55-58.
↑ Annandale, N. 1907: Notes on freshwater sponges VI-VII. Records of the Indian Museum 1: 387-392.
↑ Annandale, N. 1909: Notes on Freshwater Sponges. X. Report on a small collection from Travancore. Records of the Indian Museum 3:101-104, pl. XII.
↑ Annandale, N. 1911: Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids and Polyzoa. Porifera. Pp. 27-126, 241-245, pls I-II. In: Shipley, A.E. (Ed.), Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. (Taylor and Francis: London): i-viii, 1-251.
↑ Annandale, N. 1915:. Fauna of the Chilka Lake: Sponges. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5 (I): 21-54. Plates III,IV, V.
↑ Annandale, N. 1919 (1921): Sponges, Hydrozoa and Polyzoa of Seistan. In: Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidary studies. Rec. Indian Mus. 18 2: 83-97.
↑ Annandale, N. 1909: Freshwater sponges collected in the Philippines by the Albatross Expedition. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 131-132.

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