Antho

Antho
Antho (plocamia) bremecae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Microcionidae
Genus:	Antho (Gray, 1867)
Subgenera and species
See text
Synonyms
Acarnia (Gray, 1867) Anomoclathria (Topsent, 1929) Clathriella (Burton, 1935) Dirrhopalum (Ridley, 1881) Dyctioclathria (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921) Echinoplocamia (Burton, 1959) Heteroclathria (Topsent, 1904) Isociona (Hallmann, 1920) Isopenectya (Hallmann, 1920) Lissoplocamia Brøndsted, 1924 Placomia Plocamiopsis (Topsent, 1904) Protoclathria (Burton, 1932) Quintoxilla (de Laubenfels, 1950) Quizciona (de Laubenfels, 1936)

Antho is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is known from virtually all parts of the global ocean. There are 62 species in five subgenera.

Species

The following species are recognised:

Subgenus Antho (Acarnia) (Gray, 1867)

• Antho (Acarnia) arctica (Koltun, 1959)
• Antho (Acarnia) bakusi (Sim & Lee, 1998)
• Antho (Acarnia) circonflexa (Lévi, 1960)
• Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874)
• Antho (Acarnia) elegans (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
• Antho (Acarnia) frondifera (Lamarck, 1814)
• Antho (Acarnia) illgi (Bakus, 1966)
• Antho (Acarnia) inconspicua (Desqueyroux, 1972)
• Antho (Acarnia) kellyae (Samaai & Gibbons, 2005)
• Antho (Acarnia) levii (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
• Antho (Acarnia) pellita (Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014)
• Antho (Acarnia) penneyi (Laubenfels, 1936)
• Antho (Acarnia) planoramosa (Koltun, 1962)
• Antho (Acarnia) prima (Brøndsted, 1924)
• Antho (Acarnia) ridgwayi (Stone, Lehnert & Hoff, 2019)
• Antho (Acarnia) ridleyi (Hentschel, 1912)
• Antho (Acarnia) signata (Topsent, 1904)
• Antho (Acarnia) simplicissima (Burton, 1932)
• Antho (Acarnia) spinulosa (Tanita, 1968)

Subgenus Antho (Antho) (Gray, 1867)

• Antho (Antho) arcitenens (Topsent, 1892)
• Antho (Antho) atlantidae (Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013)
• Antho (Antho) barbadensis (van Soest, 1984)
• Antho (Antho) brondstedi (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
• Antho (Antho) burtoni (Lévi, 1952)
• Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Antho (Antho) graceae (Bakus, 1966)
• Antho (Antho) granditoxa (Picton & Goodwin, 2007)
• Antho (Antho) heterospiculata (Brøndsted, 1924)
• Antho (Antho) inconstans (Topsent, 1925)
• Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864)
• Antho (Antho) mediterranea (Babiç, 1922)
• Antho (Antho) morisca (Schmidt, 1868)
• Antho (Antho) nuda (Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013)
• Antho (Antho) opuntioides (Lamarck, 1815)
• Antho (Antho) oxeifera (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921)
• Antho (Antho) paradoxa (Babiç, 1922)
• Antho (Antho) paucispina (Sarà & Siribelli, 1962)
• Antho (Antho) tuberosa (Hentschel, 1911)

Subgenus Antho (Isopenectya) (Hallmann, 1920)

• Antho (Isopenectya) chartacea (Whitelegge, 1907)
• Antho (Isopenectya) primitiva (Burton, 1935)
• Antho (Isopenectya) punicea (Hooper, 1996)
• Antho (Isopenectya) saintvincenti (Hooper, 1996)

Subgenus Antho (Jia) (Laubenfels, 1930)

• Antho (Jia) brattegardi (van Soest & Stone, 1986)
• Antho (Jia) galapagosensis (Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016)
• Antho (Jia) jia (Laubenfels, 1930)
• Antho (Jia) lithisticola (Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016)
• Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927)
• Antho (Jia) ramosa (Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016)
• Antho (Jia) wunschorum (Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016)

Subgenus Antho (Plocamia) (Schmidt, 1870)

• Antho (Plocamia) anisotyla (Lévi, 1960)
• Antho (Plocamia) arbuscula (Burton, 1959)
• Antho (Plocamia) bremecae (Schejter, Bertolino & Calcinai, 2017)
• Antho (Plocamia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923)
• Antho (Plocamia) gymnazusa (Schmidt, 1870)
• Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904)
• Antho (Plocamia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927)
• Antho (Plocamia) karyoka (Dickinson, 1945)
• Antho (Plocamia) lambei (Burton, 1935)
• Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880)
• Antho (Plocamia) novizelanica (Ridley & Duncan, 1881)
• Antho (Plocamia) sarasiri (Costa, Pansini & Bertolino, 2019)