Endectyon is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Raspailiidae.
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| Endectyon hispitumulus, Monterey, CA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Raspailiidae |
| Genus: | Endectyon Topsent, 1920 |
Taxonomy
editEndectyon is organized into two subgenera, Endectyon and Hemectyon, distinguished mainly by skeletal architecture and spicule morphology.[1] Species in the subgenus Endectyon include the following:[2]
- Endectyon delaubenfelsi Burton, 1930
- Endectyon elyakovi Hooper, 1991
- Endectyon fruticosum (Dendy, 1887)
- Endectyon hispitumulus Turner & Pankey, 2023
- Endectyon hornelli (Dendy, 1905)
- Endectyon hyle (de Laubenfels, 1930)
- Endectyon lacazei (Topsent, 1892)
- Endectyon lamellosum Thomas, 1976
- Endectyon multidentatum (Burton, 1948)
- Endectyon pilosum (Vacelet, 1961)
- Endectyon tenax (Schmidt, 1870)
- Endectyon thurstoni (Dendy, 1887)
- Endectyon xerampelinum (Lamarck, 1814)
Species in the subgenus Hemectyon include the following:[2]
- Endectyon filiforme Sitja & Maldonado, 2014
- Endectyon hamatum (Schmidt, 1870)
The species Endectyon gorgonioides (Kirkpatrick, 1903) has not been assigned a subgenus.
References
edit- ↑ Sandes, Joana; Recinos, Radharanne; Pinheiro, Ulisses; Muricy, Guilherme (2019). "New records of Endectyon (Endectyon) xerampelina (Lamarck, 1814 (Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, with comments on its distribution and type locality". Zootaxa. 4608 (1).
- 1 2 "Endectyon Topsent, 1920". WoRMS. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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