Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Microcionidae > Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae > Genus Antho

Antho (Antho) Gray, 1867

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antho*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Quintoxilla*	de Laubenfels, 1950	synonym

Children

Antho (Antho) arcitenens (Topsent, 1892)
Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
Antho (Antho) granditoxa Picton & Goodwin, 2007
Antho (Antho) inconstans (Topsent, 1925)
Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864)
Antho (Antho) oxeifera (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921)
Antho (Antho) paradoxa (Babiç, 1922)
Antho (Antho) paucispina Sarà & Siribelli, 1962

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
basis of record	Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).

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. Antho (Antho) Gray, 1867. 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:167877