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Sponges of Wetlands of West Bengal


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Sponges are mostly marine, comprising of 4562 species (Thomas, 1998). Amongst these, only about 100 species belonging to the family Spongillidae are freshwater sponges and distributed all over the globe (Thomas, op. cit.). These sponges grow as tufts or irregular masses on stones, sticks, logs, shells and other solid objects lying in freshwater. Some of these freshwater sponges occur in brackishwater also as reported by Annandale (1907a) from West Bengal, India.
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J. G. Pattanayak
Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700 016, India
Santanu Mitra
Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700 016, India

Abstract


Sponges are mostly marine, comprising of 4562 species (Thomas, 1998). Amongst these, only about 100 species belonging to the family Spongillidae are freshwater sponges and distributed all over the globe (Thomas, op. cit.). These sponges grow as tufts or irregular masses on stones, sticks, logs, shells and other solid objects lying in freshwater. Some of these freshwater sponges occur in brackishwater also as reported by Annandale (1907a) from West Bengal, India.

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