WoRMS taxon details

Acanthascus Schulze, 1886

171966  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171966)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Hexactinellida (Class)
  5. Hexasterophora (Subclass)
  6. Lyssacinosida (Order)
  7. Rossellidae (Family)
  8. Acanthascus (Genus)
accepted
Genus

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Subgenus Acanthascus (Acanthascus) Schulze, 1886
    1. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) alani Ijima, 1898
    2. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) cactus Schulze, 1886
    3. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) koltuni Reiswig & Stone, 2013
    4. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) malacus Reiswig, 2014
    5. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) pachyderma Okada, 1932
    6. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) platei Schulze, 1899
    7. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) profundus Koltun, 1967
    8. Species Acanthascus (Acanthascus) sacculus Ferrer Hernández, 1932
  2. Subgenus Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) Schulze, 1886
    1. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) arcticus (Brøndsted, 1916)
    2. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) asper (Schulze, 1899)
    3. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) australis (Topsent, 1901)
    4. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) baculifer (Schulze, 1904)
    5. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) bidentatus (Okada, 1932)
    6. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) borealis (Okada, 1932)
    7. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) capillatus (Ijima, 1897)
    8. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) dawsoni (Lambe, 1893)
    9. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) gomezi (Tabachnick & Fromont, 2019)
    10. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) heteraster (Okada, 1932)
    11. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) lophodigitatus (Kirkpatrick, 1901)
    12. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) mirabilis (Schulze, 1899)
    13. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) mollis (Schulze, 1886)
    14. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994)
    15. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) nodulosus (Schulze, 1899)
    16. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) tener (Schulze, 1899)
    17. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) tenuis (Schulze, 1899)
    18. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) trichotis (Reiswig, 2018)
    19. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) unguiculatus (Ijima, 1904)
    20. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) victor (Ijima, 1897)
    21. Species Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) plumodigitatus (Kirkpatrick, 1902) accepted as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) lophodigitatus (Kirkpatrick, 1901) (junior synonym)
  3. Subgenus Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) Ijima, 1897
    1. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) affinis (Ijima, 1904)
    2. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) celebesianus (Ijima, 1927)
    3. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) dowlingi (Lambe, 1893)
    4. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) entacanthus (Ijima, 1904)
    5. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) fasciculatus (Schulze, 1899)
    6. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) fuca (Tabachnick, 1989)
    7. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) glaber (Ijima, 1897)
    8. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) hamatus (Lendenfeld, 1915)
    9. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) heteractinus (Ijima, 1897)
    10. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) microchetus (Ijima, 1898)
    11. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) pamelaturnerae (Reiswig, 2018)
    12. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) pleorhaphides (Ijima, 1897)
    13. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) psilosus (Reiswig & Stone, 2013)
    14. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) roeperi (Schulze, 1886)
    15. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) rugocruciatus (Okada, 1932)
    16. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) solidus (Schulze, 1899)
    17. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) tubulosus (Ijima, 1904)
    18. Species Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) tylotus (Reiswig & Stone, 2013)
  4. Species Acanthascus dubius Schulze, 1886 accepted as Rossella dubia (Schulze, 1886) (genus transfer)
  5. Species Acanthascus grossularia Schulze, 1886 accepted as Rossella antarctica Carter, 1872 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  6. Species Acanthascus nealus de Laubenfels, 1942 accepted as Schaudinnia rosea (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  7. Species Acanthascus plumodigitatus (Kirkpatrick, 1901) accepted as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) lophodigitatus (Kirkpatrick, 1901) (junior synonym)
  8. Species Acanthascus profundum Koltun, 1967 accepted as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) profundus Koltun, 1967 (disagreement in gender and subgenus assignment)
  9. Species Acanthascus affinis (Ijima, 1904) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) affinis (Ijima, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  10. Species Acanthascus alani Ijima, 1898 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) alani Ijima, 1898
  11. Species Acanthascus arcticus (Brøndsted, 1916) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) arcticus (Brøndsted, 1916) (subgenus assignment)
  12. Species Acanthascus asper (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) asper (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  13. Species Acanthascus australis (Topsent, 1901) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) australis (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
  14. Species Acanthascus baculifer (Schulze, 1904) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) baculifer (Schulze, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  15. Species Acanthascus bidentatus (Okada, 1932) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) bidentatus (Okada, 1932) (subgenus assignment)
  16. Species Acanthascus borealis (Okada, 1932) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) borealis (Okada, 1932) (subgenus assignment)
  17. Species Acanthascus cactus Schulze, 1886 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) cactus Schulze, 1886
  18. Species Acanthascus capillatus (Ijima, 1897) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) capillatus (Ijima, 1897) (subgenus assignment)
  19. Species Acanthascus celebesianus (Ijima, 1927) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) celebesianus (Ijima, 1927) (subgenus assignment)
  20. Species Acanthascus dawsoni (Lambe, 1893) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) dawsoni (Lambe, 1893) (subgenus assignment)
  21. Species Acanthascus dowlingi (Lambe, 1893) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) dowlingi (Lambe, 1893) (subgenus assignment)
  22. Species Acanthascus entacanthus (Ijima, 1904) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) entacanthus (Ijima, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  23. Species Acanthascus fasciculatus (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) fasciculatus (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  24. Species Acanthascus fuca (Tabachnick, 1989) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) fuca (Tabachnick, 1989) (subgenus assignment)
  25. Species Acanthascus glaber (Ijima, 1897) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) glaber (Ijima, 1897) (subgenus assignment)
  26. Species Acanthascus hamatus (Lendenfeld, 1915) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) hamatus (Lendenfeld, 1915) (subgenus assignment)
  27. Species Acanthascus heteractinus (Ijima, 1897) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) heteractinus (Ijima, 1897) (subgenus assignment)
  28. Species Acanthascus heteraster (Okada, 1932) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) heteraster (Okada, 1932) (subgenus assignment)
  29. Species Acanthascus koltuni Reiswig & Stone, 2013 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) koltuni Reiswig & Stone, 2013
  30. Species Acanthascus malacus Reiswig, 2014 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) malacus Reiswig, 2014
  31. Species Acanthascus microchetus (Ijima, 1898) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) microchetus (Ijima, 1898) (subgenus assignment)
  32. Species Acanthascus mirabilis (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) mirabilis (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  33. Species Acanthascus mollis (Schulze, 1886) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) mollis (Schulze, 1886) (subgenus assignment)
  34. Species Acanthascus monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994) (subgenus assignment)
  35. Species Acanthascus nodulosus (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) nodulosus (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  36. Species Acanthascus pachyderma Okada, 1932 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) pachyderma Okada, 1932
  37. Species Acanthascus platei Schulze, 1899 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) platei Schulze, 1899
  38. Species Acanthascus pleorhaphides (Ijima, 1897) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) pleorhaphides (Ijima, 1897) (subgenus assignment)
  39. Species Acanthascus profundus Koltun, 1967 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) profundus Koltun, 1967
  40. Species Acanthascus roeperi (Schulze, 1886) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) roeperi (Schulze, 1886) (subgenus assignment)
  41. Species Acanthascus rugocruciatus (Okada, 1932) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) rugocruciatus (Okada, 1932) (subgenus assignment)
  42. Species Acanthascus sacculus Ferrer Hernández, 1932 represented as Acanthascus (Acanthascus) sacculus Ferrer Hernández, 1932
  43. Species Acanthascus solidus (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) solidus (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  44. Species Acanthascus tener (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) tener (Schulze, 1899) (subgenus assignment)
  45. Species Acanthascus tenuis (Schulze, 1899) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) tenuis (Schulze, 1899) (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)
  46. Species Acanthascus tubulosus (Ijima, 1904) represented as Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) tubulosus (Ijima, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  47. Species Acanthascus unguiculatus (Ijima, 1904) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) unguiculatus (Ijima, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  48. Species Acanthascus victor (Ijima, 1897) represented as Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) victor (Ijima, 1897) (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97.
page(s): 48-49 [details] OpenAccess publication

Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 145 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Acanthascus Schulze, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171966 on 2026-01-18
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2008-10-03 08:01:04Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2013-03-25 10:41:39Z
changed
Dohrmann, Martin
2019-10-22 19:27:45Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2020-12-11 12:18:55Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


Nomenclature

original description Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97.
page(s): 48-49 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 145 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Reiswig, H.M.; Stone, R.P. (2013). New glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from deep waters of the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3628: 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3628.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L.; Ehrlich, H. (2023). Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from the Bering Sea and off Bering Island. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20: 57-89., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_20/IZ_20_1_057_089
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Ijima, I. (1904). Studies on the Hexactinellida. Contribution IV. (Rossellidae). <em>Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 18 (7): 1-307, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 139-140 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Schulze, F.E. (1897). Revision des Systemes der Asconematiden und Rosselliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1: 520-558.
page(s): 551 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Definitions

Loading...


LanguageName 
Japanese キヌカツギカイメン属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthascus) 
To Genbank 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

WoRMS

Using WoRMS

Tools

Connect with us

This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»
Website and databases developed and hosted by Flanders Marine Institute · Page generated on 2026-01-25 07:39:52+01:00 · Privacy and cookie policy