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Malawispongiidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Malawispongiidae is a family of freshwater sponges found in the ancient lakes of Malawi, Tanganyika, Kinneret, Ohrid and Poso. As presently defined, the family is polyphyletic.
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Genus

Cortispongilla (1)
Malawispongia (1)
Ochridaspongia (2)
Ochridospongilla (1)
Pachydictyum (2)
Spinospongilla (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0