''Heteromeyenia'' is a genus of
sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
s belonging to the family
Spongillidae
Spongilidae is a family of sponges that live in freshwater lakes and rivers. The following genera are recognized in the family:
* ''Anheteromeyenia'' Schröder, 1927
* ''Corvoheteromeyenia'' Ezcurra de Drago, 1979
* ''Corvospongilla'' Annandale, ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Heteromeyenia baileyi''
*''
Heteromeyenia barlettai''
*''
Heteromeyenia cristalina''
*''
Heteromeyenia horsti''
*''
Heteromeyenia insignis''
*''
Heteromeyenia latitenta''
*''
Heteromeyenia longistylis''
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Heteromeyenia repens''
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Heteromeyenia stepanowii''
*''
Heteromeyenia tentasperma''
*''
Heteromeyenia tubisperma''
References
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Spongillidae
Sponge genera