Porifera taxon details
Acarnus Gray, 1867
167337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167337)
accepted
Genus
Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 (type by monotypy)
Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) Lévi, 1952 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fonteia Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Microtylotella Dendy, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trefortia Deszö, 1880 · unaccepted (nomen nudum and junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus bergquistae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus bicladotylotus Hoshino, 1981
- Species Acarnus caledoniensis Hooper & Lévi, 1993
- Species Acarnus claudei van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus deweerdtae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus erithacus de Laubenfels, 1927
- Species Acarnus guentheri (Dendy, 1896)
- Species Acarnus hooperi Santos & Menegola, 2024
- Species Acarnus hoshinoi van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867
- Species Acarnus levii (Vacelet, 1960)
- Species Acarnus michoacanensis Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2013
- Species Acarnus microxeatus Nascimento & Pinheiro, 2023
- Species Acarnus nicoleae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus oaxaquensis Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2013
- Species Acarnus peruanus van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
- Species Acarnus primigenius Hiemstra & Hooper, 1991
- Species Acarnus radovani (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
- Species Acarnus sabulum Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2013
- Species Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952)
- Species Acarnus tener Tanita, 1963
- Species Acarnus tenuis Dendy, 1896
- Species Acarnus ternatus Ridley, 1884
- Species Acarnus thielei Lévi, 1958
- Species Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922
- Species Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892
- Species Acarnus toxeata Boury-Esnault, 1973
- Species Acarnus tupiniquim Ozga & Menegola, 2024
- Species Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, 1889
- Subgenus Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) Lévi, 1952 accepted as Acarnus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) souriei Lévi, 1952 accepted as Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867 accepted as Acarnus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus (Acarnus) innominatus Gray, 1867 accepted as Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus carteri Ridley, 1884 accepted as Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus polytylus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 (junior synonym)
- Species Acarnus stelliferus (Bowerbank, 1864) accepted as Hymeraphia stellifera Bowerbank, 1864 (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Acarnus tenerus Tanita, 1963 accepted as Acarnus tener Tanita, 1963 (nomen imperfectum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 544 [details]
page(s): 544 [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. Acarnus Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=167337 on 2025-05-09
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 544 [details]
original description (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Lévi, C. (1952). Spongiaires de la côte du Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 14 (1): 34-59.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 544 [details]
original description (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Dendy, A. (1896). Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 8: 14-51. [details]
original description (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Deszö, B. 1880. A Magyar tengerpart szivacsfaunàja I (Sponge fauna of Hungarian coast). Ertekesezek a Természettudományok Köreböl. Budapest 10 (13): 3-7. [details]
original description (of Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Aguilar-Camacho, J.M., Carballo, J.L., Cruz-Barraza, J.A. (2013). Acarnidae Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean with the description of six new species. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 77(4): 677-696., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03800.06A [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Hiemstra, F. (1991). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the marine sponge genus <i>Acarnus</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). <i>Beaufortia 42(3)</i>: 49-88 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F.; Cárdenas, P.; Ferriol, P.; Terrasa, B.; Massutí, E. (2020). Poorly known sponges in the Mediterranean with the detection of some taxonomic inconsistencies. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 100 (8): 1247-1260., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/abs/poorly-known-sponges-in-the-mediterranean-with-the-detection-of-some-taxonomic-inconsistencies/918158002D1783E184F113B54F44CF77
page(s): 1251 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) Lévi, 1952) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details]
new combination reference (of Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 544 [details]
original description (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Lévi, C. (1952). Spongiaires de la côte du Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 14 (1): 34-59.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 544 [details]
original description (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Dendy, A. (1896). Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 8: 14-51. [details]
original description (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Deszö, B. 1880. A Magyar tengerpart szivacsfaunàja I (Sponge fauna of Hungarian coast). Ertekesezek a Természettudományok Köreböl. Budapest 10 (13): 3-7. [details]
original description (of Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Aguilar-Camacho, J.M., Carballo, J.L., Cruz-Barraza, J.A. (2013). Acarnidae Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean with the description of six new species. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 77(4): 677-696., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03800.06A [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Hiemstra, F. (1991). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the marine sponge genus <i>Acarnus</i> (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). <i>Beaufortia 42(3)</i>: 49-88 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F.; Cárdenas, P.; Ferriol, P.; Terrasa, B.; Massutí, E. (2020). Poorly known sponges in the Mediterranean with the detection of some taxonomic inconsistencies. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 100 (8): 1247-1260., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/abs/poorly-known-sponges-in-the-mediterranean-with-the-detection-of-some-taxonomic-inconsistencies/918158002D1783E184F113B54F44CF77
page(s): 1251 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Fonteia Gray, 1867) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Acanthacarnus Lévi, 1952) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Microtylotella Dendy, 1896) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Trefortia Deszö, 1880) Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
basis of record (of Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) Lévi, 1952) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167. [details]
new combination reference (of Acarnus (Acarnus) Gray, 1867) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 60 [details]
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Phylogeny Diaz et al. (2020) found that Acarnus levii genetically fits better in the family Microcionidae. More information is necessary to implement the result, as it affects the phylogeny of the family Acarnidae and its other member genera. [details]
