''Racekiela'' is a

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of freshwater

sponges Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and ar ...

in the

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Spongillidae Spongilidae is a family of sponges that live in freshwater lakes and rivers. The following genera are recognized in the family: * '' Anheteromeyenia'' Schröder, 1927 * '' Corvoheteromeyenia'' Ezcurra de Drago, 1979 * '' Corvospongilla'' Annanda ...

Species

*'' Racekiela andina'' Hernandez & Barreat, 2017Hernández, V. M. Q. & Barreat, J. G. N. (2017). ''Racekiela andina'' sp. nov. (Spongillida: Spongillidae): first report of a freshwater sponge from the Venezuelan Andes. ''ZooTaxa'', 4341(2), 275–278. *'' Racekiela biceps'' (Lindenschmidt, 1950)Lindenschmidt, M. J. (1950). A new species of freshwater sponge. ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'', 69(2), 214–216. *'' Racekiela cavernicola'' Volkmer-Ribeiro, Bichuette & de Sousa Machado, 2010Volkmer-Ribeiro, C., Bichutte, M. & de Sousa Machado, V. (2010). ''Racekiela cavernicola'' (Porifera: Demospongiae), new species and first record of cave freshwater sponge from Brazil. ''Neotropical Biology and Conservation'', 5(1), 53–58. *'' Racekiela montemflumina'' Carballo, Cruz-Barraza, Yanez & Gomez, 2018Carballo, J., Cruz-Barraza, J., Ya'n~ez, B. & Go'mez, P. (2018). Taxonomy and molecular systematic position of freshwater genus ''Racekiela'' (Porifera: Spongillida) with the description of a new species from north-west Mexico. ''Systematics and Biodiversity'', 16(2), 160–170. *'' Racekiela pictouensis'' (Potts, 1885)Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova Scotia. ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', 1885, 28–29. *'' Racekiela ryderi'' (Potts, 1882)Potts, E. (1882). Three more fresh-water sponges. ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', 1882(1), 12–14. *'' Racekiela sheilae'' (Volkmer-Ribeiro, de Rosa-Barbosa & Marques-Tavares, 1988)Volkmer-Ribeiro, C., de Rosa-Barbosa, R. & Marques-Tavares, M. (1988). ''Anheteromeyenia sheilae'' sp. n. e outras esponjas dulciaquícolas da região costeira do Rio Grande do Sul. ''Iheringia, Série Zoologia'', 68, 83–98.

References

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