Amphimedon (sponge)

Amphimedon
Amphimedon compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Suborder: Haplosclerina
Family: Niphatidae
Genus: Amphimedon
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[1]

Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species.[1] The genome of one, Amphimedon queenslandica, has been sequenced.[2]

Species

  • Amphimedon aculeata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • Amphimedon aitsuensis (Hoshino, 1981)
  • Amphimedon alata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)
  • Amphimedon calyx Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
  • Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
  • Amphimedon cellulosa (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon chinensis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
  • Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
  • Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)
  • Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Amphimedon conferta Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon cristata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon decurtata (Sarà, 1978)
  • Amphimedon delicatula (Dendy, 1889)
  • Amphimedon denhartogi de Voogd, 2003
  • Amphimedon dinae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
  • Amphimedon dura (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon elastica (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon elastica (Kieschnick, 1898)
  • Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)
  • Amphimedon estelae Santos, Docio & Pinheiro, 2014
  • Amphimedon flexa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
  • Amphimedon hamadai Helmy & van Soest, 2005
  • Amphimedon jalae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
  • Amphimedon lamellata Fromont, 1993
  • Amphimedon leprosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Amphimedon maresi (Sarà, 1978)
  • Amphimedon massalis (Carter, 1886)
  • Amphimedon micropora (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon minuta Cuartas, 1988
  • Amphimedon mollis (Wilson, 1902)
  • Amphimedon navalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Amphimedon ochracea (Keller, 1889)
  • Amphimedon paradisus Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1989
  • Amphimedon paraviridis Fromont, 1993
  • Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006
  • Amphimedon reticulosa (Thiele, 1905)
  • Amphimedon robusta (Carter, 1885)
  • Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766)
  • Amphimedon rubida Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Amphimedon rudis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon spiculosa (Dendy, 1887)
  • Amphimedon spinosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  • Amphimedon strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon subcylindrica (Dendy, 1905)
  • Amphimedon sulcata Fromont, 1993
  • Amphimedon tenera (Thiele, 1905)
  • Amphimedon texotli Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2008
  • Amphimedon trindanea (Ristau, 1978)
  • Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Amphimedon zamboangae (Lévi, 1961)

References

  1. 1 2 van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. "Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  2. Srivastava, M.; Simakov, O.; Chapman, J.; Fahey, B.; Gauthier, M. E. A.; Mitros, T.; Richards, G. S.; Conaco, C.; Dacre, M.; Hellsten, U.; Larroux, C.; Putnam, N. H.; Stanke, M.; Adamska, M.; Darling, A.; Degnan, S. M.; Oakley, T. H.; Plachetzki, D. C.; Zhai, Y.; Adamski, M.; Calcino, A.; Cummins, S. F.; Goodstein, D. M.; Harris, C.; Jackson, D. J.; Leys, S. P.; Shu, S.; Woodcroft, B. J.; Vervoort, M.; Kosik, K. S. (2010). "The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity". Nature. 466 (7307): 720–726. Bibcode:2010Natur.466..720S. doi:10.1038/nature09201. PMC 3130542. PMID 20686567.
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