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Amorphinopsis

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Amorphinopsis is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPorifera
  3. ClassDemospongiae
  4. OrderSuberitida
  5. FamilyHalichondriidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
290
With media
81
Family
Halichondriidae
Collections
USNM, CAS, ICML-UNAM, NMV, NHMUK, WAM
Recorded in
Belize, Nigeria, Tonga, Mexico, Taiwan, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Halichondriidae
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taxon name
Amorphinopsis
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
Carter, 1887
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

Amorphinopsis is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.

== Species == Amorphinopsis armata (Lindgren, 1897) Amorphinopsis atlantica Carvalho, Hajdu, Mothes & van Soest, 2004 Amorphinopsis dichotoma (Dendy, 1916) Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 Amorphinopsis fenestrata (Ridley, 1884) Amorphinopsis filigrana (Schmidt, 1862) Amorphinopsis fistulosa (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) Amorphinopsis kempi Kumar, 1925 Amorphinopsis maculosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1996) Amorphinopsis maza (Laubenfels, 1954) Amorphinopsis megarrhaphea (Lendenfeld, 1887) Amorphinopsis mollis Annandale, 1924 Amorphinopsis pallescens (Topsent, 1892) Amorphinopsis papillata (Baer, 1906) Amorphinopsis sacciformis (Thiele, 1900) Amorphinopsis siamensis (Topsent, 1925) Amorphinopsis subacerata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Amorphinopsis heterostyla (Hentschel, 1912) Amorphinopsis megalorrhaphis (Carter, 1881) Amorphinopsis mertoni (Hentschel, 1912) Amorphinopsis oculata (Kieschnick, 1896) Amorphinopsis reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Amorphinopsis spongia (de Laubenfels, 1953)

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