WoRMS taxon details
Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006
234042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234042)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2006). A new species of <i>Amphimedon</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the "sponge genome project". <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1314: 31-39.
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Holotype QM G315611, geounit Central and Southern...
Holotype QM G315611, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234042 on 2024-04-18
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Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2006). A new species of <i>Amphimedon</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the "sponge genome project". <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1314: 31-39.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype QM G315611, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
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Holotype Holotype QMG315611 (fragments of holotype: ZMA Por. 19383). Shark Bay, Heron Island, Capricorn-Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 23°
27’S, 151° 55’E, intertidal 0.5m depth, coll. Nelson Lauzon & Sally Leys, 10 April 1999,
by hand, under coral rubble on reef flat.
Paratypes: QMG322874, QMG322875, QMG322876, ZMAPOR 19384 (fragment
QMG322872), ZMAPOR 19385 (fragment QMG322873): Shark Bay, eastern end of sand
cay, 50–100m from the shore, Heron Island, Capricorn-Bunker Group, southern Great
Barrier Reef, 23° 27’S, 151° 55’E, intertidal < 2 m depth, coll. Simon Walker, 8 June
2006, by hand, coral rubble substrate.
Specimens: QMG324489, QMG324490: northern crest, near entrance, One Tree
Island, Capricorn-Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, 23° 29'05"S, 152° 04'24"E,
intertidal < 50 cm depth, coll. Simon Walker, 6 June 2006, by hand, coral rubble substrate.
QMG324491: eastern crest, near “two tree island”, One Tree Island, Capricorn-Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef, 23° 29' 14''S 152° 05' 18'' E, coll. Simon Walker, 6 June 2006, by hand, coral rubble substrate. [details]
