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Antho Gray, 1867

Myxilla involvens spicules
Myxilla involvens spicules

131865  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131865)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Microcionidae (Family)
  8. Ophlitaspongiinae (Subfamily)
  9. Antho (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Antho (Acarnia) Gray, 1867
    1. Species Antho (Acarnia) arctica (Koltun, 1959)
    2. Species Antho (Acarnia) bakusi Sim & Lee, 1998
    3. Species Antho (Acarnia) circonflexa (Lévi, 1960)
    4. Species Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874)
    5. Species Antho (Acarnia) elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
    6. Species Antho (Acarnia) flavoaurantiaca Ott, McDaniel & Humphrey, 2024
    7. Species Antho (Acarnia) frondifera (Lamarck, 1814)
    8. Species Antho (Acarnia) illgi (Bakus, 1966)
    9. Species Antho (Acarnia) kellyae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
    10. Species Antho (Acarnia) levii (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
    11. Species Antho (Acarnia) pellita Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
    12. Species Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936)
    13. Species Antho (Acarnia) planoramosa (Koltun, 1962)
    14. Species Antho (Acarnia) ridgwayi Stone, Lehnert & Hoff, 2019
    15. Species Antho (Acarnia) ridleyi (Hentschel, 1912)
    16. Species Antho (Acarnia) signata (Topsent, 1904)
    17. Species Antho (Acarnia) simplicissima (Burton, 1932)
    18. Species Antho (Acarnia) spinulosa (Tanita, 1968)
    19. Species Antho (Acarnia) anisotyla (Lévi, 1960) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) anisotyla (Lévi, 1960) (subgenus transfer)
    20. Species Antho (Acarnia) arbuscula (Burton, 1959) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) arbuscula (Burton, 1959) (subgenus transfer)
    21. Species Antho (Acarnia) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 accepted as Antho (Jia) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 (subgenus transfer)
    22. Species Antho (Acarnia) burtoni (Lévi, 1952) accepted as Antho (Antho) burtoni (Lévi, 1952) (subgenus transfer)
    23. Species Antho (Acarnia) delaubenfelsi (Little, 1963) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936) (junior synonym)
    24. Species Antho (Acarnia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923) (subgenus transfer)
    25. Species Antho (Acarnia) gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus transfer)
    26. Species Antho (Acarnia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus transfer)
    27. Species Antho (Acarnia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972) (Plocamia inconspicua is best asigned to Antho (Plocamia) on account of its dumbbell spicules)
    28. Species Antho (Acarnia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927) (subgenus transfer)
    29. Species Antho (Acarnia) karyoka (Dickinson, 1945) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) karyoka (Dickinson, 1945) (subgenus transfer)
    30. Species Antho (Acarnia) lambei (Burton, 1935) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) lambei (Burton, 1935) (subgenus transfer)
    31. Species Antho (Acarnia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) accepted as Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) (subgenus transfer)
    32. Species Antho (Acarnia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880) (subgenus transfer)
    33. Species Antho (Acarnia) novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881) (subgenus transfer)
    34. Species Antho (Acarnia) plena (Sollas, 1879) accepted as Rotuloplocamia plena (Sollas, 1879) (genus transfer)
    35. Species Antho (Acarnia) prima (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) prima (Brondsted, 1924) (Lissoplocamia prima has dumbbell spicules, thus fitting best in Antho (Plocamia))
    36. Species Antho (Acarnia) tocushima (Tanita, 1970) accepted as Phorbas tokushima (Tanita, 1970) (genus transfer and spelling correction)
    37. Species Antho (Acarnia) zimmeri (Bakus, 1966) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) lambei (Burton, 1935) (subgenus transfer and junior synonym)
  2. Subgenus Antho (Antho) Gray, 1867
    1. Species Antho (Antho) arcitenens (Topsent, 1892)
    2. Species Antho (Antho) atlantidae Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013
    3. Species Antho (Antho) barbadensis (van Soest, 1984)
    4. Species Antho (Antho) brondstedi Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
    5. Species Antho (Antho) burtoni (Lévi, 1952)
    6. Species Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
    7. Species Antho (Antho) graceae (Bakus, 1966)
    8. Species Antho (Antho) granditoxa Picton & Goodwin, 2007
    9. Species Antho (Antho) hataedoensis Kim & Sim, 2007
    10. Species Antho (Antho) heterospiculata (Brøndsted, 1924)
    11. Species Antho (Antho) inconstans (Topsent, 1925)
    12. Species Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864)
    13. Species Antho (Antho) mediterranea (Babiç, 1922)
    14. Species Antho (Antho) morisca (Schmidt, 1868)
    15. Species Antho (Antho) nuda Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013
    16. Species Antho (Antho) opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)
    17. Species Antho (Antho) oxeifera (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921)
    18. Species Antho (Antho) paradoxa (Babiç, 1922)
    19. Species Antho (Antho) paucispina Sarà & Siribelli, 1962
    20. Species Antho (Antho) tuberosa (Hentschel, 1911)
    21. Species Antho (Antho) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 accepted as Antho (Jia) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 (subgenus transfer)
    22. Species Antho (Antho) hallezi (Topsent, 1904) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus transfer)
    23. Species Antho (Antho) jia (de Laubenfels, 1930) accepted as Antho (Jia) jia (de Laubenfels, 1930) (subgenus transfer)
  3. Subgenus Antho (Isopenectya) Hallmann, 1920
    1. Species Antho (Isopenectya) chartacea (Whitelegge, 1907)
    2. Species Antho (Isopenectya) primitiva (Burton, 1935)
    3. Species Antho (Isopenectya) punicea Hooper, 1996
    4. Species Antho (Isopenectya) saintvincenti Hooper, 1996
  4. Subgenus Antho (Jia) de Laubenfels, 1930
    1. Species Antho (Jia) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986
    2. Species Antho (Jia) galapagosensis Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016
    3. Species Antho (Jia) jia (de Laubenfels, 1930)
    4. Species Antho (Jia) lithisticola Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016
    5. Species Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927)
    6. Species Antho (Jia) ramosa Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016
    7. Species Antho (Jia) wunschorum Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016
  5. Subgenus Antho (Plocamia) Schmidt, 1870
    1. Species Antho (Plocamia) anisotyla (Lévi, 1960)
    2. Species Antho (Plocamia) arbuscula (Burton, 1959)
    3. Species Antho (Plocamia) bremecae Schejter, Bertolino & Calcinai, 2017
    4. Species Antho (Plocamia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923)
    5. Species Antho (Plocamia) gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870)
    6. Species Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904)
    7. Species Antho (Plocamia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972)
    8. Species Antho (Plocamia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927)
    9. Species Antho (Plocamia) karyoka (Dickinson, 1945)
    10. Species Antho (Plocamia) lambei (Burton, 1935)
    11. Species Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880)
    12. Species Antho (Plocamia) novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881)
    13. Species Antho (Plocamia) prima (Brondsted, 1924)
    14. Species Antho (Plocamia) sarasiri Costa, Pansini & Bertolino, 2019
    15. Species Antho (Plocamia) bakusi Sim & Lee, 1998 accepted as Antho (Acarnia) bakusi Sim & Lee, 1998 (subgenus transfer)
    16. Species Antho (Plocamia) burtoni (Lévi, 1952) accepted as Antho (Antho) burtoni (Lévi, 1952) (subgenus transfer)
    17. Species Antho (Plocamia) circonflexa (Lévi, 1960) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) circonflexa (Lévi, 1960) (subgenus transfer)
    18. Species Antho (Plocamia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) (subgenus transfer)
    19. Species Antho (Plocamia) delaubenfelsi (Little, 1963) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) delaubenfelsi (Little, 1963) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936) (subgenus transfer)
    20. Species Antho (Plocamia) elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) (subgenus transfer)
    21. Species Antho (Plocamia) frondifera (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) frondifera (Lamarck, 1814) (subgenus transfer)
    22. Species Antho (Plocamia) illgi (Bakus, 1966) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) illgi (Bakus, 1966) (subgenus transfer)
    23. Species Antho (Plocamia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) accepted as Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) (subgenus transfer)
    24. Species Antho (Plocamia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936) (subgenus transfer)
  6. Subgenus Antho (Dirrhopalum) Ridley in Ridley & Duncan, 1881 accepted as Antho (Acarnia) Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Antho (Dirrhopalum) brathesardi accepted as Antho (Jia) ramosa Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016 (Misspelling and misapplied identification)
  7. Species Antho brathesardi accepted as Antho (Jia) ramosa Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016 (unaccepted > misapplication, Misspelling of misapplied name)
  8. Species Antho clopetaria (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Plocamione clopetaria (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  9. Species Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959) accepted as Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  10. Species Antho lundbecki (Breitfuss, 1912) accepted as Plocamionida ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  11. Species Antho tawiensis (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Megaciella tawiensis (Wilson, 1925)
  12. Species Antho anisotyla (Lévi, 1960) represented as Antho (Plocamia) anisotyla (Lévi, 1960) (subgenus assignment)
  13. Species Antho arbuscula (Burton, 1959) represented as Antho (Plocamia) arbuscula (Burton, 1959) (subgenus assignment)
  14. Species Antho arctica (Koltun, 1959) represented as Antho (Acarnia) arctica (Koltun, 1959) (subgenus assignment)
  15. Species Antho bakusi Sim & Lee, 1998 represented as Antho (Acarnia) bakusi Sim & Lee, 1998 (subgenus assignment)
  16. Species Antho barbadensis (van Soest, 1984) represented as Antho (Antho) barbadensis (van Soest, 1984) (subgenus assignment)
  17. Species Antho brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 represented as Antho (Jia) brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986 (subgenus assignment)
  18. Species Antho brondstedi Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 represented as Antho (Antho) brondstedi Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 (subgenus assignment)
  19. Species Antho burtoni (Lévi, 1952) represented as Antho (Antho) burtoni (Lévi, 1952) (subgenus assignment)
  20. Species Antho circonflexa (Lévi, 1960) represented as Antho (Acarnia) circonflexa (Lévi, 1960) (subgenus assignment)
  21. Species Antho coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) represented as Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) (subgenus assignment)
  22. Species Antho delaubenfelsi (Little, 1963) represented as Antho (Acarnia) delaubenfelsi (Little, 1963) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936) (subgenus assignment)
  23. Species Antho dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767) (subgenus assignment)
  24. Species Antho elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) represented as Antho (Acarnia) elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) (subgenus assignment)
  25. Species Antho erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923) represented as Antho (Plocamia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923) (subgenus assignment)
  26. Species Antho frondifera (Lamarck, 1814) represented as Antho (Acarnia) frondifera (Lamarck, 1814) (subgenus assignment)
  27. Species Antho granditoxa Picton & Goodwin, 2007 represented as Antho (Antho) granditoxa Picton & Goodwin, 2007 (subgenus assignment)
  28. Species Antho gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870) represented as Antho (Plocamia) gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus assignment)
  29. Species Antho hallezi (Topsent, 1904) represented as Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  30. Species Antho illgi (Bakus, 1966) represented as Antho (Acarnia) illgi (Bakus, 1966) (subgenus assignment)
  31. Species Antho inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972) represented as Antho (Acarnia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972) (subgenus assignment)
  32. Species Antho inconstans (Topsent, 1925) represented as Antho (Antho) inconstans (Topsent, 1925) (subgenus assignment)
  33. Species Antho involvens (Schmidt, 1864) represented as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (subgenus assignment)
  34. Species Antho karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927) represented as Antho (Plocamia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927) (subgenus assignment)
  35. Species Antho karyoka (Dickinson, 1945) represented as Antho (Plocamia) karyoka (Dickinson, 1945) (subgenus assignment)
  36. Species Antho kellyae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 represented as Antho (Acarnia) kellyae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (subgenus assignment)
  37. Species Antho lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) represented as Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) (subgenus assignment)
  38. Species Antho manaarensis (Carter, 1880) represented as Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880) (subgenus assignment)
  39. Species Antho novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881) represented as Antho (Plocamia) novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881) (subgenus assignment)
  40. Species Antho oxeifera (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921) represented as Antho (Antho) oxeifera (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921) (subgenus assignment)
  41. Species Antho paradoxa (Babic, 1922) represented as Antho (Antho) paradoxa (Babiç, 1922) (subgenus assignment)
  42. Species Antho paucispina Sarà & Siribelli, 1962 represented as Antho (Antho) paucispina Sarà & Siribelli, 1962 (subgenus assignment)
  43. Species Antho plena (Sollas, 1879) represented as Antho (Acarnia) plena (Sollas, 1879) accepted as Rotuloplocamia plena (Sollas, 1879) (subgenus assignment)
  44. Species Antho ridgwayi Stone, Lehnert & Hoff, 2019 represented as Antho (Acarnia) ridgwayi Stone, Lehnert & Hoff, 2019 (subgenus assignment)
  45. Species Antho spinulosa (Tanita, 1968) represented as Antho (Acarnia) spinulosa (Tanita, 1968) (subgenus assignment)
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication
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 Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131865 on 2025-07-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2005-04-03 15:15:02Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-07-26 12:02:34Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-11-22 20:03:10Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-01-29 12:22:54Z
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-12-13 10:31:54Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468. <i>In</i>: 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). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 432–468. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Lévi, C. (1960). Les démosponges des côtes de France: 1. Les Clathriidae [The Demospongiae of the French coasts: 1. The Clathriidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 1 (1): 47-87. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 57 & 76 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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