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);

Last updated May 25, 2025

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

The following species are recognised:^[4]

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)

References

↑ GBIF |id= 2240658|taxon=Antho |accessdate=10 August 2021
1 2 "Antho Gray, 1867". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ 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.
1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antho Gray, 1867". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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[1] GBIF |id= 2240658|taxon=Antho |accessdate=10 August 2021

[GBIF-2] 1 2 "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.

[:0-4] 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antho Gray, 1867". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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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 ^[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)