Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006 
AphiaID: 234042

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Niphatidae (Family) > Amphimedon (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Source		original description: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2006. A new species of Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the ‘sponge genome project’. Zootaxa 1314: 31–39. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Great Barrier Reef [details]
Links		To GenBank To Barcode of Life
Note		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]
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2010). Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Vacelet, J. Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M. (Eds) (2010). World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Vacelet, J. Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M. (Eds) (2010). World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=234042 on 2010-09-02