Acanthancora
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Acanthancora Topsent, 1927
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Acanthancora Topsent, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131944 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-12-13T11:31:54Z
replaces: 196493
replaces: 178286
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acanthancora Topsent, 1927
class: Demospongiae
family: Hymedesmiidae
genus: Acanthancora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Topsent, E. (1927). Diagnoses d'Éponges nouvelles recueillies par le Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco. (502): 1-19.
name published in: Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1930). The Sponges of California. (Abstracts of dissertations for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Stanford University Bulletin. 5(98): 24-29.
name published in: Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (2927):1-140.
name published in: Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). 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 Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
name published in year: 1927
name published in year: 1930
name published in year: 1932
name published in year: 1936
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 131655
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Topsent, 1927
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted