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Agelas
Sign in to saveAgelas is a genus of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderAgelasida
- FamilyAgelasidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded17,688
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 756
- With media
- 431
- Family
- Agelasidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, YPM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Jamaica, Tonga, American Samoa
Research
241 papers- Feature-Based Molecular Networking Discovery of Bromopyrrole Alkaloids from the Marine Sponge Agelas dispar.Journal of natural products · 2022
- Bromopyrrole Alkaloids from Okinawan Marine Sponges Agelas spp.Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin · 2016
- Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Agelas nakamurai from the South China Sea.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
- Secondary metabolites from marine sponges of the genus Agelas: a comprehensive update insight on structural diversity and bioactivity.RSC advances · 2022
- Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Sponge Genus Agelas.Marine drugs · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Agelasidae
- Image
- Elephant-ear-sponge.jpg
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- Commons category
- Agelas
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Agelas
- topic's main category
- Category:Agelas
- taxon author citation
- Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Ecology and distribution
- Spicules
- Species
- References
Agelas is a genus of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
==Ecology and distribution== Members of this genus are filter feeders. and occur in the West Indies, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in shallow tropical and subtropical waters down to a depth of or exceptionally .
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