Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Esperiopsidae > Genus Amphilectus

Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphilectus*	Vosmaer, 1880	accepted genus name
*Corybas*	Gray, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Dendoryx thompsoni*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	basionym
*Esperiopsis fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	basionym
*Esperiopsis involuta*	(Bowerbank, 1882)	basionym
*Halichondria fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	basionym; alternate representation
*Halichondria thompsoni*	Bowerbank, 1866	basionym; alternate representation
*Haliclona parasitica*	(Montagu, 1814)	basionym
*Isodictya fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	basionym
*Isodictya parasitica*	(Montagu, 1814)	basionym
*Spongia parasitica*	Montagu, 1814	basionym
*Dendoryx thompsoni*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Esperiopsis fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	synonym
*Esperiopsis involuta*	(Bowerbank, 1882)	synonym
*Halichondria fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	synonym; alternate representation
*Halichondria thompsoni*	Bowerbank, 1866	synonym; alternate representation
*Haliclona parasitica*	(Montagu, 1814)	synonym
*Isodictya fucorum*	(Esper, 1794)	synonym
*Isodictya parasitica*	(Montagu, 1814)	synonym
*Spongia parasitica*	Montagu, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: carrot-sponge

French: éponge mousse de carotte

Literature

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.
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).
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. Helgol. Meeresunters. 47: 1-34
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150225