Metazoa – Obazoa (Opisthokonta)

Observations on Spongilla lacustris

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Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759)

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759

Add’l Synonyms: NM

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Sampling date 08/2012.

Two images.
Underwater photos taken with an Olympus Tough. The sponge branches in the first picture were about 3 cm long and about 5 mm thick at the base.

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Place name: Lake Brahmsee near Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.202309 Longitude: 9.906453

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Two images.
Some branches of the sponge were broken off and placed in a Petri dish filled with local water in the laboratory. After a few days, the loose sponge tissue had formed into a new sponge.

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Place name: Lake Brahmsee near Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.202309 Longitude: 9.906453

Dissecting microscope Zeiss SV6, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Observations on Spongilla lacustris

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