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
PHOTOS OF Spongillidae
Freshwater sponge, possibly Spongilla lacustris
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-09-08
On aquatic vegetation
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-09-08
Zoomed in view with spicules visible
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-09-08