Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) - Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)

WoRMS taxon details

Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)

Amphilectus fucorum

AphiaID

150225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150225)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880

Original name

Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794

Synonymised names

Amphilectus dubius (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Amphilectus edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Amphilectus gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Amphilectus imitatus (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Dendoryx thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Desmacidon fucorum (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted

Esperella normani (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperia collina (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperia normani (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis clarkei (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis dubia (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Esperiopsis gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis involuta (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis normani (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis paupera (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Esperiopsis thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Halichondria fucorum (Esper, 1794) · alternative representation (genus transfer)

Halichondria parasitica (Montagu, 1814) · alternative representation (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Halichondria thompsoni Bowerbank, 1866 · alternative representation (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Haliclona parasitica (Montagu, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya alderi Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya clarkei Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya collina Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya dubia Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya edwardii Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya fucorum (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya hispida Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya imitata Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya invalida Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya involuta Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya nodosa Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya normani Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya parasitica (Montagu, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Isodictya paupera Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya pertenuis Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Isodictya scitula Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Myxilla thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Reniera paupera (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Spongia parasitica Montagu, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 278-280, pl XLIX [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150225 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-03 15:15:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-07-12 07:04:29Z

changed

Amelinckx, Simon

2006-12-21 19:17:33Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Halichondria thompsoni Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 243-244 [details]

original description (of Isodictya alderi Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 323-325 [details]

original description (of Isodictya collina Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 147-150 [details]

original description (of Isodictya dubia Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 323, Pl. XC 4-7; 325-327; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]

original description (of Isodictya edwardii Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 325-326 [details]

original description (of Isodictya clarkei Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 330-331 [details]

original description (of Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 331-332 [details]

original description (of Isodictya hispida Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 136-138 [details]

original description (of Isodictya imitata Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 223, Pl. LXXVI 3-6; 226-228; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details]

original description (of Isodictya invalida Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 285, Pl. LXXXV 8-10; 289-291 [details]

original description (of Isodictya involuta Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 142-144 [details]

original description (of Isodictya normani Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 320-321 [details]

original description (of Isodictya paupera Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 328-329 [details]

original description (of Isodictya pertenuis Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 144-146 [details]

original description (of Isodictya scitula Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 146-147 [details]

original description (of Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 278-280, pl XLIX [details]

original description (of Spongia parasitica Montagu, 1814) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 114-115 [details]

original description (of Isodictya nodosa Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 141-143, pl XII figs 6-7 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
page(s): 116-118 [details]

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. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)'. [details] Available for editors

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