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

Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongilla Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ephydatia*	Lamouroux, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lesser freshwater sponge; Mueller's freshwater sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge de Mueller sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

German: Blasenzellenschwamm; Kleiner Süßwasserschwamm

Literature

additional source	Leys, S.P.; Grombacher, L.; Field, D.; Elliott, G.R.D.; Ho, V.R.; Kahn, A.S.; Reid, P.J.; Riesgo, A.; Lanna, E.; Bobkov, Y.; Ryan, J.F.; Horton, A.L. (2025). A morphological cell atlas of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri with key insights from targeted single-cell transcriptomes. EvoDevo. 16(1).
additional source	Topsent, E. (1893). Note sur la faune des Spongillides de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 18: 176.
additional source	Riccardi, A.; Reiswig, H. M. (1993). Freshwater sponges (Porifera, Spongillidae) of eastern Canada: taxonomy, distribution, and ecology. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 71: 665-682.
additional source	Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. (2009). Atlas of African freshwater sponges. Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa. 295, 1-214.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). Marine and freshwater sponges (Porifera) of the Netherlands. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden. 50(16): 261-273.
additional source	Stephens, J. (1920). The freshwater sponges of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 35 (B): 205-254.
additional source	Roovere, T.; Lopp, A.; Reintamm, T.; Kuusksalu, A; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Kelve, M. (2006). Freshwater sponges in Estonia: genetic and morphological identification. Proceedings of Estonian Academy of Science, Biolology and Ecology. 55 (3): 216-227.
additional source	Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2001). Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara. 4: 3-64.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Storm, B.; Swarte, M. (2000). Trochospongilla horrida, een nieuwe spons voor Nederland (Porifera: Spongillidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 2000 (II): 137-140 (in Dutch with English summary).
biology source	Gigliarelli, L.; Lucentini, L.; Palomba, A.; Sgaravizzi, G.; Lancioni, H.; Lanfaloni, L.; Willenz, P.; Gaino, E.; Panara, F. (2008). Applications of PCR-RFLPs for differentiating two freshwater sponges: Ephydatia fluviatilis and Ephydatia mülleri. Hydrobiologia. 605(1): 265-269.

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. Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856). 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:167151

Dr. Ole Tendal. Ephydatia muelleri (Lieberkühn, 1856). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e9ebfd10-cee3-474f-84f5-a6e8dd351285