Acanthancora Topsent, 1927 
AphiaID: 131944

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Leptosia schmidti Topsent, 1898 (type by original designation)
Parent		Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928
Synonymised taxa		Ferrerhernandezia de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym) Hymenamphiastra de Laubenfels, 1930 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1927b. Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco (502): 1-19. [details] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae. In:Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. Pp 575-593. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. [details] [full text] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1930. The Sponges of California. (Abstracts of dissertations for the degree of doctor of philosophy) Stanford University Bulletin (5) 5(98): 24-29. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1932b. The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 81(2927):1-140. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Acanthancora aenigma (Lundbeck, 1910) Species Acanthancora coralliophila van Soest, 1984 Species Acanthancora cyanocrypta (de Laubenfels, 1930) Species Acanthancora schmidti (Topsent, 1898) Species Acanthancora stylifera Burton, 1959 Species Acanthancora clavatancora Topsent, 1927 accepted as Pseudohalichondria clavatancora (Topsent, 1927)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131944
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2007-04-12 13:03:09Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthancora Topsent, 1927. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131944 on 2013-05-18