''Acanthella'' is a genus of

sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...

s in the family

Dictyonellidae ''Dictyonellidae'' is a family of sponges in the order Bubarida. Genera *''Acanthella'' Schmidt, 1862 *'' Dictyonella'' Schmidt, 1868 *'' Liosina'' Thiele, 1899 *'' Lipastrotethya'' de Laubenfels, 1954 *'' Phakettia'' de Laubenfels, 1936 *'' Rh ...

, which was first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. 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 {{Demosponge-stub