A report of hailstorm damage to two species of freshwater sponge (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Spongillidae) populations of West Bengal, India

A report of hailstorm damage to two species of freshwater sponge (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Spongillidae) populations of West Bengal, India

<p>Selected freshwater bodies in Jagaddal of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India are inhabited by two species of sponge, <em>Eunapius carteri </em>(Bowerbank, 1863) and <em>Spongilla alba </em>(Carter, 1849) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spongillidae). Most of these wetl...

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Main Authors: Soumalya Mukherjee, Mitali Ray, Sajal Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Bio-indicator
Eunapius carteri
Hailstorm
Natural calamity
Poikilotherm
Scanning electron microscopy
Spongilla alba
Spongillidae
Temperature fluctuation.
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1739

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