World Porifera Database - Species - Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)

Traits taxon details

Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)

AphiaID

166660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166660)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Pachychalina brevispiculifera Dendy, 1905

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 149 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166660 on 2025-06-03

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166660 on 2025-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-11-07 16:39:10Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (3)
Attributes (5)

original description (of ) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 149 [details]

basis of record Calcinai, B.; Belfiore, G.; Pica, D.; Torsani, F.; Palma, M.; Cerrano, C. (2020). Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique). European Journal of Taxonomy. 698: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.698
page(s): 16-17 [details] Available for editors

additional source George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. Zootaxa. 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
page(s): Table 2; note: These authors transferred the species to genus Callyspongia (Cladochalina) brevispiculifera. [details] Available for editors

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