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:
- Endectyon delaubenfelsi <small>Burton, 1930</small>
- Endectyon elyakovi <small>Hooper, 1991</small>
- Endectyon fruticosum <small>(Dendy, 1887)</small>
- Endectyon hispitumulus <small>Turner & Pankey, 2023</small>
- Endectyon hornelli <small>(Dendy, 1905)</small>
- Endectyon hyle <small>(de Laubenfels, 1930)</small>
- Endectyon lacazei <small>(Topsent, 1892)</small>
- Endectyon lamellosum <small>Thomas, 1976</small>
- Endectyon multidentatum <small>(Burton, 1948)</small>
- Endectyon pilosum <small>(Vacelet, 1961)</small>
- Endectyon tenax <small>(Schmidt, 1870)</small>
- Endectyon thurstoni <small>(Dendy, 1887)</small>
- Endectyon xerampelinum <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
Species in the subgenus Hemectyon include the following:
The species Endectyon gorgonioides <small>(Kirkpatrick, 1903)</small> has not been assigned a subgenus.
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