Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Halichondrida > 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

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 De Glasby, 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. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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.

Genbank

External Links

Sponge Barcoding Database (Acanthella sp. 418)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Acanthella sp. 583)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Acanthella sp. 836)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Acanthella Schmidt, 1862. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165648