Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 167346

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Acarnus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Acarnus Gray, 1867 Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867
Parent		Acarnus Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Acarnus (Acarnus) innominatus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym) Acarnus carteri Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym) Fonteia anomala Gray, 1867 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Hiemstra, F. (1991). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the marine sponge genus Acarnus (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). Beaufortia 42(3): 49-88 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412-431. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [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] additional source: 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] from synonym: Ridley, S.O. 1884a. Spongiida. Pp. 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’, 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London). [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [view taxon] [full text] misapplication: 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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Curaçao (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Floridian [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean (not valid) [details] Southern Caribbean [details] United States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details] West Indies (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection To ITIS
Notes		Holotype: BMNH Bow. 309 [details] Type locality: West Indies [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167346
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-01-05 12:53:53Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
		[Taxonomic tree] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867. 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=167346 on 2013-05-25