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Amphilectus fucorum is an encrusting sponge covering surfaces of several square centimeters. In areas protected from water stream, long typical filaments of 10 cm long and 3 mm in diameter develop from the basal crust. It is elastic to the touch. The rough orange surface is covered with small pores and the oscules are disseminated all over the sponge. It is attached to rocks, generally to overhangs.
Amphilectus fucorum is found from surface to several meters deep. It is a common species of the North-eastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the English Channel.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Dernière mise à jour 24-11-2022
Animalia (Kingdom)
Porifera (Phylum)
Demospongiae (Class)
Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
Poecilosclerida (Order)
Esperiopsidae (Family)
Amphilectus (Genus)
Amphilectus fucorum (Species)
Oscule : opening generally quite visible, through which sponges expel water they have filtered to extract food particles
Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2004 - 2024.
Photos : ©
Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography
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Données de distribution : Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-30.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Dernière mise à jour 24-11-2022
Animalia (Kingdom)
Porifera (Phylum)
Demospongiae (Class)
Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
Poecilosclerida (Order)
Esperiopsidae (Family)
Amphilectus (Genus)
Amphilectus fucorum (Species)
Oscule : opening generally quite visible, through which sponges expel water they have filtered to extract food particles
Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2004 - 2024.
Photos : ©
Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography
Bay-Nouailhat W., october 2004, Description of Amphilectus fucorum, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/02/amphilectus-fucorum.php, consulted on 2024 December 30.
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