New record of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) (Demospongiae: Spongillida) from Lake Sibaya, South Africa: morphological and molecular insights
The freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) is cosmopolitan, yet it is poorly documented in South Africa. We report a new record from Lake Sibaya in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, representing the first modern integrative record from the east coast of South Africa. Morphological analyses using light an...