The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Porifera

(Sponges)

SPONGILLIDAE

Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus)

 

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Distribution Citations

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

[1972 Poirrier]

 [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-occurs in fresh to brackish water (Gosner 197)

-brown with faint green tinge, encrusting (Sublette 1953)

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                          2010

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