Heterorotula

Familia: Spongillidae
Genus:
Species (9): H. caledonensis – H. capewelli – H. contraversa – H. fistula – H. kakahuensis – H. lucasi – H. multidentata – H. multiformis – H. nigra

Heterorotula Penney & Racek, 1968: 96

• Type species: Spongilla capewelli Bowerbank, 1863, by original designation.

• Penney, J.T.† & Racek, A.A. 1968. Comprehensive revision of a worldwide collection of freshwater sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 272: 1–184. BHL Reference page. 

• Rota, E. & Manconi, R. 2004. Taxonomy and ecology of sponge-associate Marionina spp. (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from the Horomatangi geothermal system of Lake Taupo, New Zealand. International Review of Hydrobiology 89(1): 58–67. DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310695 Reference page. 
• Manconi, R., Copeland, J., Kunigelis, S. & Pronzato, R. 2022. Biodiversity of Nearctic inland water: discovery of the genus Heterorotula (Porifera, Spongillida, Spongillidae) in the Appalachian Mountains, with biogeographical implications and description of new species. Zookeys 1110: 103–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1110.79615 Reference page. 

• Heterorotula in the World Register of Marine Species