Acanthella (sponge)

Acanthella is a genus of sponges in the family Dictyonellidae, which was first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt.[1][2] The type species is Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 (designated by Vosmaer in 1912).[3][4]

For Acanthella (the plant genus), see Acanthella.

Acanthella
Acanthella acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Bubarida
Family: Dictyonellidae
Genus: Acanthella
Schmidt, 1862 [1]

Species

According to the WoRMS database, accepted species are:[1]

  • Acanthella aculeata Thiele, 1898
  • Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862
  • Acanthella annulata Sarà, 1958
  • Acanthella branchia Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
  • Acanthella calyx Dendy, 1922
  • Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922
  • Acanthella costata Kieschnick, 1900
  • Acanthella cubensis (Alcolado, 1984)
  • Acanthella danerii Costa, Bavestrello, Pansini & Bertolino, 2020
  • Acanthella dendyi (Bergquist, 1970)
  • Acanthella erecta (Carter, 1876)
  • Acanthella flabellata (Tanita, 1961)
  • Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988)
  • Acanthella gorgonoides (Thomas, 1984)
  • Acanthella hispida Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • Acanthella insignis Thiele, 1898
  • Acanthella klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • Acanthella ligulata (Burton, 1928)
  • Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870)
  • Acanthella megaspicula Thomas, 1984
  • Acanthella minuta Tanita, 1968
  • Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885
  • Acanthella oviforma Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
  • Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  • Acanthella ramosa Kumar, 1925
  • Acanthella ramus (Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990)
  • Acanthella simplex Thiele, 1898
  • Acanthella stanleei Nascimento, Cavalcanti & Pinheiro, 2019
  • Acanthella styloida Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
  • Acanthella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1897
  • Acanthella vaceleti van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
  • Acanthella vulgata Thiele, 1898
  • Acanthella xutha (de Laubenfels, 1954)

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthella Schmidt, 1862". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. pp. pls 1-7, 64–65.
  3. "Australian Faunal Directory: Acanthella". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1912). "On the distinction between the genera Axinella, Phakellia, Acanthella a. o. Festschrift Spengel". Zoologische Jahrbücher. 15: 307-322 pls 15-16 [312].
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