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Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 150225

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Esperiopsidae (Family) > Amphilectus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphilectus dubius (Bowerbank, 1874) (junior synonym)
Amphilectus edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Amphilectus gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Amphilectus imitatus (Bowerbank, 1874) (junior synonym)
Dendoryx thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperella normani (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperia collina (Bowerbank, 1882) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperia normani (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis dubia (Bowerbank, 1874) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Esperiopsis gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis involuta (Bowerbank, 1882) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis normani (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis paupera (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Esperiopsis thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Halichondria fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Halichondria parasitica (Montagu, 1818) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Halichondria thompsoni Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Haliclona parasitica (Montagu, 1818) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya alderi Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya collina Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya dubia Bowerbank, 1874 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya edwardii Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya hispida Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya imitata Bowerbank, 1874 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya invalida Bowerbank, 1874 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya involuta Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya normani Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya parasitica (Montagu, 1818) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Isodictya paupera Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya pertenuis Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Isodictya scitula Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Myxilla thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Reniera paupera (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794 (genus transfer)
Spongia parasitica Montagu, 1818 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

basis of record: 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. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Burton, M. 1931d. The Folden Fiord. Report on the sponges collected by Mr. Soot-Ryven in the Folden Fiord in the year 1923. Tromsø Museum Skrifter 1 (13): 1-8. [details] [full text]

additional source: Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. 1958. Éponges récoltées dans l’Atlantique oriental par le ‘Président Théodore-Tissier’ (1955-1956). Revue des Travaux de l’Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2): 225-246. [details] [full text]

additional source: Stone, S. M., Boardley, E., and Gill, M. 1987 Field characteristics of some conspicuous sublittoral sponges from Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland. in European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges, Jones W.C. (ed.). Publications of the Sherkin island marine station, 1: 130-140  [details] [full text]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2012. Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 18: 1-21. [details]

new combination reference: Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1880. The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. Notes from the Leyden Museum 2: 99-164. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Montagu, G. 1818. An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1890a. Éponges de la Manche. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 3(1): 195-205. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. 1882. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London):i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S. 1874b. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Arndt, W. 1935. Porifera. In: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. 3a (27).(Leipzig): 1-140. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh): i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Fristedt, K. 1885. Bidrag till Kännedomen om de vid Sveriges vestra Kust lefvande Spongiae. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar21: 1-56, pls I-IV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Thiele, J. 1905. Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement 6 (Fauna Chiliensis III): 407-496,pls 27-33. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1891a. Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1894b. Etude sur la faune des Spongiaires du Pas-de-Calais, suivie d’une Application de la Nomenclature actuelle à la Monographie de Bowerbank. Revue biologique du Nord de la France 7:6-28. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Stephens, J. 1912. A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42, pl. I. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

misapplication: Burton, M. 1930e. Report on a collection of sponges from South Georgia and from Campbell Island, South Pacific, obtained by Dr. Kohl-Larsen. Senckenbergiana 12: 331-335. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English carrot-sponge  [details]
French éponge mousse de carotte  [details]
German Tang-Schwamm (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Campbell Island (not valid[details]
Cape Verde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Celtic Seas [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Faroe Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Faroe Plateau [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Malvinas/Falklands (not valid[details]
Mar del Plata (not valid[details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea [details]
Roscoff (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Saharan Upwelling [details]
South Georgia (not valid[details]
Southern Norway [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tristan Gough (not valid[details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Mediterranean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Host of  Asterocheres suberitis Giesbrecht, 1897 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Images 
Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794)
[image from synonym]
Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794)
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qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-01-04 10:43:54

Amphilectus fucorum
Amphilectus fucorum
added on 2007-01-17 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-01-04 10:47:51

Amphilectus fucorum
Amphilectus fucorum
added on 2012-03-20 - author: Marine Board ()
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2013-01-04 10:48:54
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150225
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-03 15:15:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-07-12 07:04:29Z  changed  Amelinckx, Simon
2006-12-21 19:17:33Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150225 on 2013-05-19
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