Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Bubarida > Family Dictyonellidae

Acanthella Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862
Acanthella annulata Sarà, 1958
Acanthella erecta (Carter, 1876)
Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870)
Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トゲカイメン属

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez, B. (2002[2004]). Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Díaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
additional source	Ibrahim, S.R.M.; Ghazawi, K.F.; Miski, S.F.; ALsiyud, D.F.; Mohamed, S.G.A.; Mohamed, G.A. (2023). Genus Acanthella—A Wealthy Treasure: Secondary Metabolites, Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Bioactivities. Marine Drugs. 21(4): 257.
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Acanthella Schmidt, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165648