Amphilectus
| Amphilectus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Suborder: | Mycalina |
| Family: | Esperiopsidae |
| Genus: | Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880[1] |
| Species | |
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Amphilectus is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 19 species found in oceans around the world. Cladorhiza is the type genus of the family Cladorhizidae.
The name is of Greek origin with amphi- and lektos.
Species
As of 2014, 19 valid species of Esperiopsis are recognized:[1]
- Amphilectus americanus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
- Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
- Amphilectus dactylus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
- Amphilectus flabellatus Burton, 1932
- Amphilectus fleecei Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
- Amphilectus glaber (Brøndsted, 1924)
- Amphilectus informis (Stephens, 1915)
- Amphilectus laxus (Lambe, 1893)
- Amphilectus lesliei (Uriz, 1988)
- Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1814)
- Amphilectus munitus Whitelegge, 1907
- Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905)
- Amphilectus rugosus (Thiele, 1905)
- Amphilectus strepsichelifer van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
- Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905)
- Amphilectus unciger (Topsent, 1928)
- Amphilectus utriculus van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
References
- 1 2 van Soest, Rob (2013). "Esperiopsis Hentschel 1923". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
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