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| Amphimedon compressa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Haplosclerida |
| Family: | Niphatidae |
| Genus: | Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti [it], 1864 |
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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.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Amphimedon:
- 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
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- 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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| Amphimedon | |