Genus Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
- Amphilectus Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1880. The sponges of the Leyden Museum. I. The family of the Desmacidinae. Notes from the Leyden Museum 2: 99-164 [109].
Type species:
Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [58].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
N and S Atlantic Ocean, S Africa, New Zealand, Antarctic, Subantarctic, Japan, N, E and SE Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
- Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (tentative compilation of distribution data pending revision of genus)
Diagnosis
Encrusting, cushion-shaped, lobate, occasionally branching sponges with velvety to finely hispid surface. Skeleton an isodictyal or subisodictyal reticulation of short styles. Microscleres are small palmate isochelae or exceptionally anisochelae or sigmas. There are at least two species, both North Atlantic, but several others may be hiding under the name Esperiopsis.
ID Keys
See Family Esperiopsidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. & Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 656-664 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [656]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |