Spongillidae

Freshwater Sponges

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Sponge

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Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Haplosclerida

Family: Spongillidae

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

PHOTOS OF Spongillidae

PHOTOS OF SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS