Anheteromeyenia

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = ProcAcadNatSciPhila-1887-Pl-VI-Fig-I.png

| image_caption = A. argyrosperma gemmule cross section

| image2 = ProcAcadNatSciPhila-1887-Pl-XI-Fig-I.png

| image2_caption = A. argyrosperma spicules

| taxon = Anheteromeyenia

| authority = Schröder, 1927

| type_species = Spongilla argyrosperma

| type_species_authority = Potts, 1880

| synonyms = * Heteromeyenia (Anheteromeyenia) Schröder, 1927

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Anheteromeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponge. It has been recorded in the Nearctic, the Neotropics. This taxon was initially a subgenus of Heteromeyenia when K. Schöder circumscribed it in 1927, but W. M. de Laubenfels made it a genus in its own right in 1936.

{{As of|2018}}, WoRMS recognizes the following species:

Anheteromeyenia argyrosperma {{small|(Potts, 1880)}}
Anheteromeyenia cheguevarai {{small|Manconi & Pronzato, 2005}}
Anheteromeyenia diamantina {{small|Calheira & Pinheiro, 2018}}
Anheteromeyenia ornata {{small|(Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1970) Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1996}}
Anheteromeyenia vitrea {{small|Buso & Volkmer-Ribeiro, 2012}}

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Potts|first=Edward|title=On Fresh-Water Sponges|journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|date=1880|volume=32|pages=356–357|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26298197|jstor=4060690|jstor-access=free}}

{{cite WoRMS |author= |year=2018 |title=Anheteromeyenia Schröder, 1927 |id=167109 |accessdate=28 February 2018 |db=Porifera}}

{{cite journal|last1=Volkmer-Ribeiro|first1=Cecilia|title=Acanthodiscus New Genus and Genus Anheteromeyenia Redefined (Porifera, Spongillidae)|journal=Iheringia|date=1996|volume=81|pages=31–43|series=Série Zoologia|issn=0073-4721|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34172885}}

{{cite journal|last1=Calheira|first1=Ludimila|last2=Pinheiro|first2=Ulisses|title=A new species of Anheteromeyenia (Porifera, Demospongiae) with an emended diagnosis of the genus|journal=Zootaxa|date=2018|volume=4378|issue=1|pages=129–136|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.9|pmid=29690022 }}

{{cite journal|last1=Manconi|first1=R.|last2=Pronzato|first2=R.|title=Freshwater sponges of the West Indies: Discovery of Spongillidae (Haplosclerida, Spongillina) from Cuba with biogeographic notes and a checklist for the Caribbean area|journal=Journal of Natural History|date=2005|volume=39|issue=36|pages=3235–3253|doi=10.1080/00222930500307327|s2cid=84932599 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5220352 }}

{{cite book|last1=Penney|first1=J. T.|last2=Racek|first2=A. A.|title=Comprehensive Revision of a Worldwide Collection of Freshwater Sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae)|date=1968|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, DC|pages=114–121|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7836462|series=United States National Museum Bulletin|volume=272}}

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Anheteromeyenia

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