Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Spongillida > Family Spongillidae

Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heteromeyenia baileyi*	(Bowerbank, 1863)	taxonomically included in
*Heteromeyenia stepanowii*	(Dybowsky, 1884)	taxonomically included in

Children

Heteromeyenia baileyi (Bowerbank, 1863)
Heteromeyenia stepanowii (Dybowsky, 1884)

Literature

original description	Potts, E. (1881). Some new genera of freshwater sponges. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1881: 149-150.
basis of record	Penney, J.T.; Racek, A.A. (1968). Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 272: 1-184.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167170

Dr. Ole Tendal. Heteromeyenia Potts, 1881. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ea239b80-89f0-42eb-971d-9418b806ff1a