Lubomirskiidae Explained

Lubomirskiidae is a family of freshwater sponges from Lake Baikal in Russia.^[1]

Lubomirskia baikalensis, Baikalospongia bacillifera and B. intermedia are unusually large for freshwater sponges and can reach 1m (03feet) or more.^{[2] [3]} These three are also the most common sponges in Lake Baikal.^[2] Most sponges in the lake are typically green when alive because of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zoochlorella), but can also be brownish or yellowish.^[4]

Genera and species

The family contains four genera and sixteen species:^[5]

• Genus Baikalospongia Annandale, 1914
  • Baikalospongia abyssalis Itskovich, Kaluzhnaya, Veynberg & Erpenbeck, 2017
  • Baikalospongia bacillifera Dybowsky, 1880
  • Baikalospongia dzhegatajensis Rezvoi, 1927
  • Baikalospongia fungiformis Makushok, 1927
  • Baikalospongia intermedia Dybowsky, 1880
  • Baikalospongia martinsoni Efremova, 2004
  • Baikalospongia recta Efremova, 2004
• Genus Lubomirskia Dybowsky, 1880
  • Lubomirskia abietina Swartschewsky, 1901
  • Lubomirskia baikalensis (Pallas, 1773)
  • Lubomirskia fusifera Soukatschoff, 1895
  • Lubomirskia incrustans Efremova, 2004
• Genus Rezinkovia Efremova, 2004
  • Rezinkovia arbuscula Efremova, 2004
  • Rezinkovia echinata Efremova, 2004
• Genus Swartschewskia Makuschok, 1927
  • Swartschewskia irregularis Swartschewsky, 1902
  • Swartschewskia khanaevi Bukshuk & Maikova, 2020
  • Swartschewskia papyracea (Dybowsky, 1880)

Notes and References

1. Paradina; Kulikova; Suturin; and Saibatalova (2003). The Distribution of Chemical Elements in Sponges of the Family Lubomirskiidae in Lake Baikal. International Symposium - Speciation in Ancient Lakes, SIAL III - Irkutsk 2002. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 4: 151-157.
2. Kaluzhnaya; Belikov; Schröder; Rothenberger; Zapf; Kaandorp; Borejko; Müller; and Müller (2005). Dynamics of skeleton formation in the Lake Baikal sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Part I. Biological and biochemical studies. Naturwissenschaften 92: 128–133.
3. Belikov; Kaluzhnaya; Schröder; Müller; and Müller (2007). Lake Baikal endemic sponge Lubomirskia baikalensis: structure and organization of the gene family of silicatein and its role in morphogenesis. Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability, pp. 179-188.
4. Müller; and Grachev, eds. (2009). Biosilica in Evolution, Morphogenesis, and Nanobiotechnology: Case Study Lake Baikal, pp. 81-110. Springer Publishing. .
5. de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.C. Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. . 2021 . Lubomirskiidae Weltner, 1895 . 167011 . 24 November 2021.