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 Author Manconi, Renata https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-4105 Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Universita di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy Author Copeland, John Department of Biology, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, Tennessee, 37752, USA luklyd@comcast.net Author Kunigelis, Stan Department of Biology, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, Tennessee, 37752, USA Author Pronzato, Roberto DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, Tennessee, 37752, USA text ZooKeys 2022 2022-07-04 1110 103 120 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1110.79615 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1110.79615 1313-2970-1110-103 34086584B2CB4F31A2BE44B9764242A6 0EE0745D0448524BB1856DFD76B943BF Genus Heterorotula Penney & Racek, 1968 Type species. Heterorotula capewelli (Bowerbank, 1863).