Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Santos, George Garcia, Docio, Loyana & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2014, Two new species of the family Niphatidae van Soest, 1980 from Northeastern Brazil (Haplosclerida: Demospongiae: Porifera), Zootaxa 3774 (3), pp. 265-274 : 266

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scientific name	Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Genus Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 View in CoL

Definition: Niphatidae with an optically smooth surface, regular tangential ectosomal network with rounded meshes of a single size. Ends of choanosomal longitudinal primary fibers barely protruding. Spongin abundant. Microscleres absent ( Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002).

Type species: Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (by subsequent designation, de Laubenfels 1936).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Haplosclerida
Family	Niphatidae

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