Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Hooper, John N. A., Van, Rob W. M. & Soest, 2006, A new species of Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the CapricornBunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the ‘ sponge genome project’, Zootaxa 1314, pp. 31-39 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273551
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6256033
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scientific name	Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Genus: Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 View in CoL

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864: 78 View in CoL ; de Laubenfels, 1936: 45. Hemihaliclona Burton, 1937: 18 , pl. i, fig. 7.

(Type species A. compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 View in CoL , by subsequent designation, de Laubenfels, 1936).

Definition

Niphatidae with an optical smooth surface, regular tangential ectosomal network with rounded meshes of a single size. Ends of choanosomal longitudinal primary fibres barely protruding. Spongin abundant. (DesqueyrouxFaúndez & Valentine, 2002).