WoRMS taxon details
Acanthotetilla Burton, 1959
171277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171277)
accepted
Genus
Acanthotetilla hemisphaerica Burton, 1959 (type by monotypy)
Acanthocinachyra Lévi, 1964 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Acanthotetilla celebensis de Voogd & van Soest, 2007
- Species Acanthotetilla enigmatica (Lévi, 1964)
- Species Acanthotetilla gorgonosclera van Soest, 1977
- Species Acanthotetilla hemisphaerica Burton, 1959
- Species Acanthotetilla noronhensis Fernandez & Hajdu, 2024
- Species Acanthotetilla rocasensis Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007
- Species Acanthotetilla seychellensis (Thomas, 1973)
- Species Acanthotetilla walteri Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 201 [details]
page(s): 201 [details]
Taxonomy Remarkably, Burton (1959a) defined this genus as lacking sigmaspires, but the type species (and indeed all other species of...
Taxonomy Remarkably, Burton (1959a) defined this genus as lacking sigmaspires, but the type species (and indeed all other species of the genus) have abundant sigmaspires. [details]
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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Acanthotetilla Burton, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171277 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 201 [details]
original description (of Acanthocinachyra Lévi, 1964) Lévi, C. (1964). Spongiaires du canal de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> (2) 36(3): 384-395.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Rützler, K. (1987). Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): a taxonomic reevaluation. <em>In: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences volume 13. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 187-203.</em> (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <i>In</i>: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <em>In: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 201 [details]
original description (of Acanthocinachyra Lévi, 1964) Lévi, C. (1964). Spongiaires du canal de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> (2) 36(3): 384-395.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rützler, K. (1987). Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): a taxonomic reevaluation. <em>In: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences volume 13. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 187-203.</em> (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <i>In</i>: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. <em>In: Hooper J.N.A., Van Soest R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (1977). A revision of the megacanthoxea-bearing tetillids (Porifera, Spirophorida), with a description of a new species. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen No.89. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 53: 1-14. [details]
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Taxonomy Remarkably, Burton (1959a) defined this genus as lacking sigmaspires, but the type species (and indeed all other species of the genus) have abundant sigmaspires. [details]
