Antho

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Antho
Antho (plocamia) bremecae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Antho
(Gray, 1867)
Subgenera and species

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Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is known from virtually all parts of the global ocean.[2][3] There are 62 species in five subgenera.[4]

Species[edit]

The following species are recognised:[4]

Subgenus Antho (Acarnia) (Gray, 1867)

Subgenus Antho (Antho) (Gray, 1867)

Subgenus Antho (Isopenectya) (Hallmann, 1920)

Subgenus Antho (Jia) (Laubenfels, 1930)

Subgenus Antho (Plocamia) (Schmidt, 1870)

References[edit]

  1. ^ GBIF |id= 2240658|taxon=Antho |accessdate=10 August 2021
  2. ^ a b "Antho Gray, 1867". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ Soest, Rob van; Rützler, Klaus; Sim, Chung-Ja (2016). "Crooked Anthos: proposed subgeneric status of Jia (Porifera, Poecilosclerida), with descriptions of four new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 96 (2): 221–235. doi:10.1017/S002531541400191X. ISSN 0025-3154. S2CID 84116530.
  4. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antho Gray, 1867". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.