Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycalina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Poecilosclerida
Subordo: Mycalina

Familia: Esperiopsidae
Genus: Amphilectus
Species: Amphilectus strepsichelifer

Name

  • Amphilectus strepsichelifer van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012: 7, fig. 4
Holotype: ZMA Por. 07564.
Type locality: Cape Verde Islands, W of São Vicente, Canal de São Vicente, depth 348-354 m, coll. R.W.M. Van Soest, CANCAP 7 Expedition stat. 172/03, 16.8833°N 25.1167°W, rectangular dredge, 7 Sep. 1986.
Etymology: The name is a combination of strepsis (L.) = twisted, and chelifer (L.) = bearing chelae, reflecting the twisted condition of the chelae.

References

  • van Soest, Rob W. M., Elly J. Beglinger & Nicole J. De Voogd, 2012: Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from northwest Africa. European journal of taxonomy, 18: 1–21.
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