Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Porifera: class
Demospongiae: order
Spongillida: family
Spongillidae: genus
Ephydatia: species
Ephydatia muelleri

Name

Synonyms: Ephydatia amphizona Vejdovsky, 1883; Ephydatia muelleri var. astrodiscus Vejdovsky, 1883; Ephydatia muelleri var. behningi Kirkpatrick, 1915; Ephydatia obtusosclera Kozhoff, 1925; Ephydatia sibirica Kozhoff, 1925; Ephydatia solida Kozhoff, 1925; Meyenia acuminata Potts, 1882; Pleiomeyenia calumeticus Mills, 1884; Pleiomeyenia spinifera Mills, 1884; Pleiomeyenia walkeri Mills, 1884; Spongilla asperrima Dawson, 1875; Spongilla astrosperma Potts, 1880; Spongilla heterosclerifera Smith, 1918; Spongilla meyeni var. parfitti Carter, 1868; Spongilla muelleri Lieberkühn, 1856; Spongilla parfitti Carter, 1868; Spongilla polymorpha Potts, 1880; Trachyspongilla muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1859)
Homonyms: Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856)
Common names: Blasenzellenschwamm in German; Blasenzellenschwamm in German; Kleiner Süßwasserschwamm in German; Kleiner Süßwasserschwamm in German; Kleiner Süßwasserschwamm in German; Lesser Freshwater Sponge in English; Mueller's Freshwater Sponge in English; Mueller's freshwater sponge in English; Mueller's freshwater sponge in English; Müller's zoetwaterspons in Dutch; Nawodnik Müllera in Polish; houba drsnojehlá in Czech; houba drsná in Czech; lesser freshwater sponge in English; lesser freshwater sponge in English; müllerinsieni in Finnish; müllerinsieni in Finnish; éponge de Mueller in French; éponge de Mueller in French; Бадяга Мюллера in Russian; ミュラーカイメン in Japanese; Blasenzellenschwamm in German; Kleiner Süßwasserschwamm in German; Mueller's freshwater sponge in English; lesser freshwater sponge in English; éponge de Mueller in French

Bibliographic References

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