''Ephydatia muelleri'' is a species of ''
Ephydatia
''Ephydatia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae.
The genus was first described by Jean Lamouroux in 1816.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
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''.
This species is native to
Europe
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and
Northern America
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.
Synonym (
basionym
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): ''Spongilla muelleri'' Lieberkühn, 1856.
Its
genome
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has been sequenced.
References
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Spongillidae