Heteromeyenia macouni

Heteromeyenia macouni is an obsolete junior synonym for the sponge Racekiela ryderi.[1] Specimens were collected on Sable Island in 1899 by John Macoun, a biologist with the Geological Survey of Canada.[2]

References

  1. van Soest, R. (2010). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, ed. "Heteromeyenia macouni MacKay, 1900". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. MacKay, A.H. (1900). "A freshwater sponge from Sable Island." (PDF). Proceedings and Transactions Nova Scotia Institute of Natural Sciences 10: 319–322. Retrieved 2011-01-01.


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