Acanthascus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Lyssacinosida

Familia: Rossellidae
Subfamilia: Acanthascinae
Genus: Acanthascus
Species (8): A. alani – A. cactus – A. koltuni – A. malacus – A. pachyderma – A. platei – A. profundus – A. sacculus

Name

Acanthascus Schulze, 1886: 48

• Type species: Acanthascus cactus Schulze, 1886, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Schulze, F.E. 1886. Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden (In German). Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1886: 1–97. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Reiswig, H.M. & Stone, R.P. 2013. New glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from deep waters of the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Zootaxa 3628(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3628.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Acanthascus in the World Register of Marine Species