Racekiela Explained

Racekiela is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Spongillidae.

Species

• Racekiela andina Hernandez & Barreat, 2017^[1]
• Racekiela biceps (Lindenschmidt, 1950)^[2]
• Racekiela cavernicola Volkmer-Ribeiro, Bichuette & de Sousa Machado, 2010^[3]
• Racekiela montemflumina Carballo, Cruz-Barraza, Yanez & Gomez, 2018^[4]
• Racekiela pictouensis (Potts, 1885)^[5]
• Racekiela ryderi (Potts, 1882)^[6]
• Racekiela sheilae (Volkmer-Ribeiro, de Rosa-Barbosa & Marques-Tavares, 1988)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Hernández, 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.
2. Lindenschmidt, M. J. (1950). A new species of freshwater sponge. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 69(2), 214–216.
3. Volkmer-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.
4. Carballo, 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.
5. Potts, E. (1885). A new freshwater sponge from Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1885, 28–29.
6. Potts, E. (1882). Three more fresh-water sponges. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1882(1), 12–14.
7. 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.