''Amphoriscus'' is a genus of

calcareous sponge The calcareous sponges or calcereans are sponges that make up the class Calcarea, characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of high-magnesium calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species are triradiate (with three ...

s in the

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Amphoriscidae Amphoriscidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida Leucosolenida is an order of sponges in the class Calcarea and the subclass Calcaronea. Species in Leucosolenida are calcareous, with a skeleton composed exclusively ...

Species

* '' Amphoriscus ancora'' Van Soest, 2017 * '' Amphoriscus buccichii'' Ebner, 1887 * '' Amphoriscus chrysalis'' (Schmidt, 1864) * '' Amphoriscus cyathiscus'' Haeckel, 1870 * '' Amphoriscus cylindrus'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Amphoriscus dohrni'' Sarà, 1960 * '' Amphoriscus elongatus'' Poléjaeff, 1883 * '' Amphoriscus gastrorhabdifer'' (Burton, 1932) * '' Amphoriscus gregorii'' (Lendenfeld, 1891) * '' Amphoriscus kryptoraphis'' Urban, 1908 * '' Amphoriscus oviparus'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Amphoriscus pedunculatus'' Klautau, Cavalcanti & Borojevic, 2017 * '' Amphoriscus salfii'' Sarà, 1951 * '' Amphoriscus semoni'' Breitfuss, 1896Breitfuss, L. (1896). ''Amphoriscus semoni'', eine neue Art heterocoeler Kalkschwämme. ''Zoologischer Anzeiger''. 19 (515): 435-436. * '' Amphoriscus synapta'' (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872) * '' Amphoriscus testiparus'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Amphoriscus urna'' Haeckel, 1872

References

Leucosolenida Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel Sponge genera Taxa described in 1870 {{calcarea-stub