Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > Family Niphatidae > Genus Amphimedon

Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphimedon*	Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dactylochalina viridis*	Keller, 1889	synonym
*Haliclona viridis*	(Keller, 1889)	synonym

Literature

original description	Ilan, M.; Gugel, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2004). Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of new and known Red Sea sponges. Sarsia. 89: 388-410.
additional source	Helmy, T.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2005). Amphimedon species (Porifera: Niphatidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea: Filling the gaps in the distribution of a common pantropical genus. Zootaxa. 859: 1-18.

Genbank

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. Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166664