Amphilectus

Amphilectus is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 20 species found in oceans around the world.

Amphilectus
cc. Amplilectus tibiellifer, skeleton acuate and tibiella-spicules, ×190 (head of latter enlarged). cc'. Tricurvate acerate, ×190. cc". Anchorate seen from front and side, ×370. From one of the types from Prince of Wales Channel.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Esperiopsidae
Genus: Amphilectus
Vosmaer, 1880[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Brondstedia Burton, 1929
  • Corybas Gray, 1867

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Amphilectus:[1]

  • Amphilectus americanus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
  • Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
  • Amphilectus dactylus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
  • Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
  • Amphilectus fimbriatus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
  • 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 munitus Whitelegge, 1907
  • Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870)
  • 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. R.W.M. van Soest; et al. (2018). "Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
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