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

Heteromeyenia baileyi (Bowerbank, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Spongilla Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heteromeyenia*	Potts, 1881	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Bailey's freshwater sponge; emerald sponge 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].;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.

French: éponge de Bailey 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: Borkenschwamm; Smaragdschwamm

Literature

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	Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2001). Atlas of European freshwater sponges. Annali Museo Civico Storia Naturale Ferrara. 4: 3-64.

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 baileyi (Bowerbank, 1863). 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:167171

Dr. Ole Tendal. Heteromeyenia baileyi (Bowerbank, 1863). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0a34addf-6029-489c-98c2-001469e30978