WoRMS taxon details
Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
131933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131933)
accepted
Genus
Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (type by subsequent designation)
Brondstedia Burton, 1929 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Corybas Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Amphilectus americanus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
- Species Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
- Species Amphilectus dactylus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Species Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
- Species Amphilectus fimbriatus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
- Species Amphilectus flabellatus Burton, 1932
- Species Amphilectus fleecei Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Species Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
- Species Amphilectus glaber (Brøndsted, 1924)
- Species Amphilectus informis (Stephens, 1915)
- Species Amphilectus laxus (Lambe, 1893)
- Species Amphilectus lesliei (Uriz, 1988)
- Species Amphilectus munitus Whitelegge, 1907
- Species Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870)
- Species Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905)
- Species Amphilectus rugosus (Thiele, 1905)
- Species Amphilectus strepsichelifer van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
- Species Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905)
- Species Amphilectus unciger (Topsent, 1928)
- Species Amphilectus utriculus van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
- Species Amphilectus annectens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Megaciella annectens (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus apollinis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Artemisina apollinis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus armatus (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus caducum (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) caduca (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus ceratosus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Tedaniphorbas ceratosus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus challengeri Ridley, 1885 accepted as Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus compressus (Bowerbank, 1875) accepted as Clathria compressa (Bowerbank, 1875)
- Species Amphilectus dubius (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus foliata (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus gerzensteini Swartschevsky, 1906 accepted as Crella gerzensteini (Swartschevsky, 1906) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus hispidulus Ridley, 1884 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) hispidula (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus imitatus (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus incrustans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus laciniosa (Bowerbank in Norman, 1869) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus lobata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (preoccupied)
- Species Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Amphilectus ovulum (Schmidt, 1870) (preoccupied)
- Species Amphilectus mutulus (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus osculosus Topsent, 1892 accepted as Phorbas osculosus (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus papillatus Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Esperiopsis papillata (Vosmaer, 1880) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus pilosus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Megaciella pilosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus strongylatus Alander, 1942 accepted as Esperiopsis strongylatus (Alander, 1942) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus svarchevskyi Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Amphilectus tibiellifer Ridley, 1884 accepted as Megaciella tibiellifera (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
- Species Amphilectus unguiculatus Dendy, 1922 accepted as Monanchora unguiculata (Dendy, 1922) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1880). The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 2: 99-164.
page(s): 109-111 [details]
page(s): 109-111 [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131933 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1880). The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 2: 99-164.
page(s): 109-111 [details]
original description (of Brondstedia Burton, 1929) Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 428 [details]
original description (of Corybas Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2012). Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 18: 1-21. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 109-111 [details]
original description (of Brondstedia Burton, 1929) Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 428 [details]
original description (of Corybas Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2012). Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 18: 1-21. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Classification Amphilectus is very close to Esperiopsis. Amphilectus was recently re-erected in the Systema Porifera (Van Soest & Hajdu, 2002) inspired by a threatening replacement of Esperiopsis by the older name Amphilectus. The differences were more or less artificially established as presence (Esperiopsis) or absence (Amphilectus) of sigmas and/or other microscleres in addition to the palmate chelae, and independently the size of the megascleres (over 400 microns in length: Esperiopsis, under 400: Amphilectus). Helmut Lehnert (in litteris) pointed out that several species so far (February 2006) retained in Esperiopsis conform to Amphilectus according to above given differences. Accordingly, we adapted genus names from his suggestions, even though such genus transfer proposals were not officially published. [details]
