| Antho | |
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| 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] | |
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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]
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)
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Halichondria is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae. These are massive, amorphous sponges with clearly separated inner and outer skeletons consisting of bundles of spicules arranged in a seemingly random pattern.
Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including Spongia officinalis, are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been replaced in that use by synthetic or plant material.
Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. Species of Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.
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Stelletta is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.
Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
Biemna is a genus of sea sponges in the family Biemnidae.
Haliclona is a genus of demosponges in the family Chalinidae.
Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.
Myxilla is a genus of demosponge belonging to the family Myxillidae. These sponges usually form encrustations on rock surfaces.
Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species:
Gelliodes is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.
Crella is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Crellidae.
Clathria (Clathria) is a subgenus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae.
Tedania is a genus of sea sponges in the family Tedaniidae.
Esperiopsis is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 30 species found in oceans around the world.
Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.
Phorbas is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Hymedesmiidae.