Acanthella (sponge)

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Acanthella
File:Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862.jpg
Acanthella acuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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].