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Amphilectus imitatus
(Bowerbank, 1874)
AphiaID
236392
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236392)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Poecilosclerida
(Order)
Esperiopsidae
(Family)
Amphilectus
(Genus)
Amphilectus imitatus
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(junior synonym)
Accepted name
Amphilectus fucorum
(Esper, 1794)
Rank
Species
Parent
Amphilectus
Vosmaer, 1880
Original name
Isodictya imitata
Bowerbank, 1874
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Isodictya imitata
Bowerbank, 1874
)
Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII.
,
available online at
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 223, Pl. LXXVI 3-6; 226-228; note: illustration of the type-specimen
[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.
Amphilectus imitatus
(Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=236392 on 2025-05-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-01-17 11:55:56Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-06-22 14:34:17Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Isodictya imitata
Bowerbank, 1874
)
Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII.
,
available online at
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 223, Pl. LXXVI 3-6; 226-228; note: illustration of the type-specimen
[details]
new combination reference
Arndt, W. (1935). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Leipzig.</em> 3a(27): 1-140.
[details]
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Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
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