Spongillidae

Spongilidae is a family of sponges that live in freshwater lakes and rivers. The following genera are recognized in the family:^[1]

• Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927
• Corvoheteromeyenia Ezcurra de Drago, 1979
• Corvospongilla Annandale, 1911
• Dosilia Gray, 1867
• Duosclera Reiswig & Ricciardi, 1993
• Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816
• Eunapius Gray, 1867
• Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881
• Heterorotula Penney & Racek, 1968
• Nudospongilla Annandale, 1918
• Pachyrotula Volkmer-Ribeiro & Rützler, 1997
• Pectispongilla Annandale, 1909
• Pottsiela Volkmer-Ribeiro, Souza-Machado, Furstenau-Oliveira, Vieira-Soares, 2010
• Racekiela Bass & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1998
• Radiospongilla Penney & Racek, 1968
• Sanidastra Volkmer-Ribeiro & Watanabe, 1983
• Saturnospongilla Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1976
• Spongilla Lamarck, 1816
• Stratospongilla Annandale, 1909
• Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1888
• Umborotula Penney & Racek, 1968
• Uruguayella Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1969

Spongillidae
Spongilla lacustris
Spongilla prespensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Spongillida
Family:	Spongillidae Gray, 1867
Genera
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