Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species. In 2009, Amphimedon queenslandica was the first species of sponge to have its genome sequenced.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Haplosclerida |
| Family: | Niphatidae |
| Genus: | Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[1] |
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Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Amphimedon:[1]
- Amphimedon aculeata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
- Amphimedon aitsuensis (Hoshino, 1981)
- Amphimedon alata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Amphimedon anastomosa Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
- Amphimedon anomala (Sarà, 1978)
- Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)
- Amphimedon calyx Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
- Amphimedon cellulosa (Verrill, 1907)
- Amphimedon chinensis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
- Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
- Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)
- Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Amphimedon conferta Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Amphimedon conica (Brøndsted, 1924)
- Amphimedon cristata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Amphimedon decurtata (Sarà, 1978)
- Amphimedon delicatula (Dendy, 1889)
- Amphimedon denhartogi de Voogd, 2003
- Amphimedon dilatata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Amphimedon dinae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
- Amphimedon dura (Verrill, 1907)
- Amphimedon elastica (Verrill, 1907)
- Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)
- Amphimedon estelae Santos, Docio & Pinheiro, 2014
- Amphimedon flexa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
- Amphimedon hamadai Helmy & van Soest, 2005
- Amphimedon hispidula (Ridley, 1884)
- Amphimedon jalae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
- Amphimedon lamellata Fromont, 1993
- Amphimedon leprosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Amphimedon maresi (Sarà, 1978)
- Amphimedon massalis (Carter, 1886)
- Amphimedon micropora (Verrill, 1907)
- Amphimedon minuta Cuartas, 1988
- Amphimedon mollis (Wilson, 1902)
- Amphimedon nanaspiculata (Hartman, 1955)
- Amphimedon navalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Amphimedon ochracea (Keller, 1889)
- Amphimedon paradisus Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1989
- Amphimedon paraviridis Fromont, 1993
- Amphimedon queenslandica Hooper & van Soest, 2006
- Amphimedon reticulosa (Thiele, 1905)
- Amphimedon robusta (Carter, 1885)
- Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766)
- Amphimedon rubida Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Amphimedon rudis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Amphimedon spiculosa (Dendy, 1887)
- Amphimedon spinosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Amphimedon strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Amphimedon subcylindrica (Dendy, 1905)
- Amphimedon sulcata Fromont, 1993
- Amphimedon texotli Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2008
- Amphimedon trindanea (Ristau, 1978)
- Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Amphimedon zamboangae (Lévi, 1961)
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ Srivastava, M.; Simakov, O.; Chapman, J.; Fahey, B.; Gauthier, M. E. A.; Mitros, T.; Richards, G. S.; Conaco, C.; Dacre, M.; Hellsten, U.; Larroux, C.; Putnam, N. H.; Stanke, M.; Adamska, M.; Darling, A.; Degnan, S. M.; Oakley, T. H.; Plachetzki, D. C.; Zhai, Y.; Adamski, M.; Calcino, A.; Cummins, S. F.; Goodstein, D. M.; Harris, C.; Jackson, D. J.; Leys, S. P.; Shu, S.; Woodcroft, B. J.; Vervoort, M.; Kosik, K. S. (2010). "The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity". Nature. 466 (7307): 720–726. Bibcode:2010Natur.466..720S. doi:10.1038/nature09201. PMC 3130542. PMID 20686567.