Acanthella cubensis (Alcolado, 1984) 
AphiaID: 165655

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Dictyonellidae (Family) > Acanthella (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Acanthella Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised taxa		Bubaris cubensis Alcolado, 1984 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. Poeyana 271: 1-22 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Alvarez, B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 1998. A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 598: 1-47. [details] [full text] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Bonaire [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Carolinian [details] Colombia [details] Cuba [details] Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Caribbean [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Southern Caribbean [details] Venezuela [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165655
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-08-15 17:28:33Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-08-17 17:34:12Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthella cubensis (Alcolado, 1984). 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=165655 on 2013-05-25