Genus Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Amphimedon Duchassaing, F.P. de & Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 2 21: 1-124 pls 1-25 [78].
Type species:
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & michelotti, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [45]. - Pachychalina Schmidt, E.O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 44 pp. 5 pls. [8].
Type species:
Pachychalina rustica Schmidt, 1868 by monotypy. - Hemihaliclona Burton, M. 1937. The littoral fauna of Krusadai Island in the Gulf of Manaar. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History 1: 1-58 pls 1-9 [18].
Type species:
Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62(191): 1-173 49 figs 18 pls [106]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan, Indo-Malayan region and possibly New Zealand.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62(191): 1-173 49 figs 18 pls [26, 33]
- 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 pending revision of Chalina Bowerbank, 1863, Pachychalina Schmidt, 1868 and Haliclona Grant, 1835)
Diagnosis
Irregularly massive, lamellate, flabelliform, branching growth forms, with numerous oscules linearly distributed on rims or scattered on branches. Ectosomal skeleton a tridimensional tangential network of secondary fibres with rounded meshes, covered by a fine membrane. Choanosomal skeleton irregular, diffuse, radially plumose network of primary, ramified multispicular fibres, irregularly connected by secondary multispicular fibres. Abundant spongin. Megascleres oxeas often with modified or strongylote apices. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Niphatidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. pp. 874-890 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. [875]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |