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Malawispongiidae
Ochridaspongia rotunda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Spongillida
Family:	Malawispongiidae Manconi & Pronzato, 2002

Malawispongiidae is a family of freshwater sponges found in the ancient lakes of Malawi, Tanganyika, Kinneret, Ohrid and Poso. As presently defined, the family is polyphyletic.

Genera and species

The family contains five genera and six species:

• Cortispongilla (Lake Kinneret, but validity of this genus is questionable)
  • Cortispongilla barroisi (Topsent, 1892)
• Malawispongia (Lake Malawi)
  • Malawispongia echinoides Brien, 1972
• Ochridaspongia (Lake Ohrid)
  • Ochridaspongia interlithonis Arndt, 1937
  • Ochridaspongia rotunda Arndt, 1937
• Pachydictyum (Lake Poso)
  • Pachydictyum globosum Weltner, 1901
• Spinospongilla (Lake Tanganyika)
  • Spinospongilla polli Brien, 1974

References

1. "Malawispongiidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
2. ^ Itskovich; Kaluzhnaya; Ostrovsky; and McCormack (2013). The number of endemic species of freshwater sponges (Malawispongiidae; Spongillina; Porifera) from Lake Kinneret is overestimated. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51(3).
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Malawispongiidae Manconi & Pronzato, 2002".

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