Amphimedon
Amphimedon compressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Niphatidae
Genus: Amphimedon
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Haliclona (Amphimedon) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Hemihaliclona Burton, 1937

Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species. In 2009, Amphimedon queenslandica was the first species of sponge to have its genome sequenced.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amphimedon:[1]

  • Amphimedon aculeata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • Amphimedon aitsuensis (Hoshino, 1981)
  • Amphimedon alata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon anastomosa Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
  • Amphimedon anomala (Sarà, 1978)
  • 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 conica (Brøndsted, 1924)
  • Amphimedon cristata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  • Amphimedon decurtata (Sarà, 1978)
  • Amphimedon delicatula (Dendy, 1889)
  • Amphimedon denhartogi de Voogd, 2003
  • Amphimedon dilatata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Amphimedon dinae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
  • Amphimedon dura (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon elastica (Verrill, 1907)
  • Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)
  • Amphimedon estelae Santos, Docio & Pinheiro, 2014
  • Amphimedon flexa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
  • Amphimedon hamadai Helmy & van Soest, 2005
  • Amphimedon hispidula (Ridley, 1884)
  • 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 nanaspiculata (Hartman, 1955)
  • 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 texotli Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2008
  • Amphimedon trindanea (Ristau, 1978)
  • Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Amphimedon zamboangae (Lévi, 1961)

References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  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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