Racekiela ryderi

Racekiela ryderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Spongillidae
Genus: Racekiela
Species: R. ryderi
Binomial name
Racekiela ryderi
Potts 1882[1]
Synonyms

Heteromeyenia macouni A. H. Mackay

Racekiela ryderi is a species of freshwater demosponge in the family Spongillidae.[1] It was first described by Edward Potts in 1882.[2] It was collected on Sable Island in 1899 by John Macoun, a biologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, and given the name Heteromeyenia macouni by A.H. Mackay in 1900,[3] is now considered to be Racekiela ryderi.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 van Soest, R. (2010). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, eds. "Racekiela ryderi (Potts, 1882)". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. ↑ Potts, E. (1882). "Three more Fresh-water Sponges". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1: 12–14. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. ↑ MacKay, A.H. (1900). "A freshwater sponge from Sable Island." (PDF). Proceedings and Transactions Nova Scotia Institute of Natural Sciences. 10: 319–322. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  4. ↑ van Soest, R. (2010). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, eds. "Heteromeyenia macouni MacKay, 1900". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-01-01.


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