Discovery of the freshwater sponge genus Corvospongilla Annandale (Porifera: Spongillida) in Australia with the description of a new species and phylogeographic implications

Manconi, Renata; Erpenbeck, Dirk ; Fromont, Jane; Wörheide, Gert und Pronzato, Roberto (2021): Discovery of the freshwater sponge genus Corvospongilla Annandale (Porifera: Spongillida) in Australia with the description of a new species and phylogeographic implications. In: Limnology, Vol. 23, No. 1: pp. 73-87

Abstract

A recent discovery of freshwater sponges in an unexplored hydrographic basin in north-western Australia provided the opportunity to investigate the genus Corvospongilla Annandale (Spongillida: Spongillidae) using integrative systematics. Emendation of the genus diagnosis is provided. A comparative analysis of a Corvospongilla global dataset of morphological traits together with biogeographic patterns disclosed a new Australasian Corvospongilla species and along with molecular analyses provided the basis for a phylogenetic and phylogeographic tree for some Asian, Afrotropical and Australasian lineages.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Geosciences
• Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology
• ISSN: 1439-8621
• Language: English