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


	Heterorotula lucasi sp. nov. from the Pigeon River, Tennessee (type locality). Micrographs of skeletal network with scanty spongin by SEM A multispicular fibres of entosomal area B paucispicular fibers of ectosomal area. Scale bar: 500 μm.

Part of: 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1110.79615