Antho involvens (Schmidt, 1864) 
AphiaID: 132985

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Ophlitaspongiinae (Subfamily) > Antho (Genus)

Status		alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864)
Rank		Species
Parent		Antho Gray, 1867
Sources		original description: Schmidt, O. 1864. Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Enthaltend die Histologie und systematische Ergänzungen. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-vi, 1-48, pls 1-4. [details] [full text] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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] additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] additional source: Lévi, C. 1963. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X. [details] additional source: Pansini, M. 1987a. Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. Pp. 149-185. In: Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G 13. (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg): 1-332. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Variety Antho involvens var. inconstans (Topsent, 1925) accepted as Antho (Antho) inconstans (Topsent, 1925)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Alboran Island [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Cape Verde [details] Graham Bank [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Atlantic [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Kenya Banks (not valid) [details] South African Exclusive Economic Zone (probably not valid) [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] West Mediterranean [details] Wimereux [details]
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Pulitzer-Finali's records of this species from Kenya are unlikely to be correct. This is a Mediterranean-East Atlantic species. [details] Habitat: Volcanic scoriae [details] Habitat: rock [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132985
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2006-11-28 13:22:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Antho involvens (Schmidt, 1864). 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=132985 on 2013-05-19