Evolutionary study of the freshwater sponge genus Metania Gray, 1867: 3. Metaniidae, new family
Volkmer-Ribeiro, C. (1986). Evolutionary study of the freshwater sponge genus Metania Gray, 1867: 3. Metaniidae, new family. Amazoniana 9(4): 493-509
In: Amazoniana. Kommissions-Verlag Walter G. Mühlau: Kiel. ISSN 0065-6755, more
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Biogeny > Phylogeny
Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Classification > Taxonomy
Taxa > New taxa > New families
Metania Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]; Spongillidae Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]
Fresh water |
| Abstract |
The gondwanic genus Metania Gray, 1867 of freshwater sponges is redefined in this, the third paper of a series concerned with a revision of the Neotropical species of this genus. Newly detected characteristics indicate a relationship between Metania and the marine genus Acarnus Gray, 1867 of poecilosclerid sponges. Characteristics similar to those in Metania were also detected in the genera Corvomeyenia Weltner, 1913, Acalle Gray, 1867 and Drulia Gray, 1867. The genera Metania, Corvomeyenia, Acalle, and Drulia are transferred from the family Spongillidae Gray, 1867 into the new family Metaniidae, based upon an initial analysis of their shared characteristics. |
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