Acanthella (sponge)
Acanthella is a genus of sponges in the family Dictyonellidae, which was first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. The type species is Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862.
Species
According to the WoRMS database, accepted species are:Acanthella aculeata Thiele, 1898Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862Acanthella annulata Sarà, 1958Acanthella branchia Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990Acanthella calyx Dendy, 1922Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922Acanthella costata Kieschnick, 1900Acanthella cubensis Acanthella danerii Costa, Bavestrello, Pansini & Bertolino, 2020Acanthella dendyi Acanthella erecta Acanthella flabellata Acanthella flagelliformis Acanthella gorgonoides Acanthella hispida Pulitzer-Finali, 1982Acanthella insignis Thiele, 1898Acanthella klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982Acanthella ligulata Acanthella mastophora Acanthella megaspicula Thomas, 1984Acanthella minuta Tanita, 1968Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885Acanthella oviforma Tanita & Hoshino, 1989Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886Acanthella ramosa Kumar, 1925Acanthella ramus Acanthella simplex Thiele, 1898Acanthella stanleei Nascimento, Cavalcanti & Pinheiro, 2019Acanthella styloida Tanita & Hoshino, 1989Acanthella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1897Acanthella vaceleti van Soest & Stentoft, 1988Acanthella vulgata Thiele, 1898- ''Acanthella xutha''