Amphilectus utriculus
| Amiphilectus strepsichelifer | |
|---|---|
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Esperiopsidae |
| Genus: | Amphilectus |
| Species: | A. utriculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphilectus utriculus van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012 | |
Amphilectus utriculus is a species of demosponges found in the Atlantic waters west of Mauritania, western Africa.
The species was first discovered on 10 June 1988 underwater southwest of Cap Timiris in Mauritania at a muddy bottom between 260 and 280 metres deep in a second Mauritanian Expedition by R.W.M. van Soest and J.J. Vermeulen. Together with Cape Verde's Amphilectus strepsichelifer, it was named after where it was first found in 2012 by van Soest, Beglinger and De Voogd.[1]
The species inhabits deep waters between 250 and 300 metres and is found at hard sea-floors.[2]
References
- ↑ van Soest, R. (2012)
- ↑ "Esperiopsis cimensis". Marine Species.
Further reading
- van Soest, R. (2012). Amphilectus utriculus Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012. in: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J., Dohrmann, M., Cristina Díaz, M. (2012) World Porifera database.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.