Acanthella (sponge)

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

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]

Species[]

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

  • Thiele, 1898
  • Schmidt, 1862
  • Sarà, 1958
  • Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
  • Dendy, 1922
  • Dendy, 1922
  • Kieschnick, 1900
  • (Alcolado, 1984)
  • Costa, Bavestrello, Pansini & Bertolino, 2020
  • Acanthella dendyi (Bergquist, 1970)
  • (Carter, 1876)
  • (Tanita, 1961)
  • (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988)
  • (Thomas, 1984)
  • Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • Thiele, 1898
  • Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  • (Burton, 1928)
  • (Schmidt, 1870)
  • Thomas, 1984
  • Tanita, 1968
  • Vosmaer, 1885
  • Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
  • Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  • Kumar, 1925
  • (Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990)
  • Thiele, 1898
  • Nascimento, Cavalcanti & Pinheiro, 2019
  • Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
  • Dendy, 1897
  • van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
  • Thiele, 1898
  • (de Laubenfels, 1954)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "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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