Endectyon

Endectyon
Endectyon hispitumulus, Monterey, CA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Axinellida
Family: Raspailiidae
Genus: Endectyon
Topsent, 1920

Endectyon is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Raspailiidae.

Taxonomy

Endectyon is organized into two subgenera, Endectyon and Hemectyon, distinguished mainly by skeletal architecture and spicule morphology. Species in the subgenus Endectyon include the following:

Species in the subgenus Hemectyon include the following:

The species Endectyon gorgonioides (Kirkpatrick, 1903) has not been assigned a subgenus.

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. 1 2 "Endectyon Topsent, 1920". WoRMS. Retrieved 19 March 2026.