Racekiela ryderi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Spongillida |
Family: | Spongillidae |
Genus: | Racekiela |
Species: | R. ryderi
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Binomial name | |
Racekiela ryderi Potts 1882[1]
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Racekiela ryderi is a species of freshwater sponge in the family Spongillidae.[1] It was first described by Edward Potts in 1882.[2] It was collected on Sable Island in 1899 by John Macoun, a biologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, and given the name Heteromeyenia macouni by A.H. Mackay in 1900.[3] It was originally assumed to be endemic to Sable Island but is now considered to be the same species as Racekiela ryderi, which is more broadly distributed.[4]