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Amphimedon (sponge)
Genus of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species. In 2009, Amphimedon queenslandica was the first species of sponge to have its genome sequenced.[2]
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Amphimedon compressa | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Haplosclerida |
Family: | Niphatidae |
Genus: | Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti [it], 1864[1] |
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