''Acanthella'' is a genus of

sponge Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...

s in the family

Dictyonellidae Dictyonellidae is a family of sponges in the order Bubarida, based on the genus ''Dictyonella'' Schmidt, 1868. It may be noted that Dictyonellida Cooper, 1956 is, however, a brachiopod order based on ''Dictyonella'' Hall, 1868 (now ''Eodictyonel ...

, which was first described in 1862 by

Eduard Oscar Schmidt Eduard Oscar Schmidt (21 February 1823, in Torgau – 17 January 1886, in Kappelrodeck) was a German zoologist and phycology, phycologist. Biography He initially studied mathematics and science at University of Halle, Halle, then continued his ...

. The type species is ''Acanthella acuta'' Schmidt, 1862 (designated by Vosmaer in 1912).

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)

References

Sponge genera Taxa named by Eduard Oscar Schmidt Demospongiae Taxa described in 1862 {{Demosponge-stub