Acanthella (sponge) explained
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:
- 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)
Notes and References
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthella Schmidt, 1862 . Marinespecies.org . 2020-09-24.
- Book: Schmidt, O.. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Wilhelm Engelmann. 1862. Leipzig. pls 1–7, 64–65.
- Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Acanthella. 2020-09-23. biodiversity.org.au. en.
- 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].
