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 (designated by Vosmaer in 1912).

Species
According to the WoRMS database, accepted species are:
 * Acanthella aculeata Thiele, 1898
 * Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862
 * Acanthella annulata Sarà, 1958
 * Acanthella branchia Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
 * Acanthella calyx Dendy, 1922
 * Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922
 * Acanthella costata Kieschnick, 1900
 * Acanthella cubensis (Alcolado, 1984)
 * Acanthella danerii Costa, Bavestrello, Pansini & Bertolino, 2020
 * Acanthella dendyi (Bergquist, 1970)
 * Acanthella erecta (Carter, 1876)
 * Acanthella flabellata (Tanita, 1961)
 * Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988)
 * Acanthella gorgonoides (Thomas, 1984)
 * Acanthella hispida Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
 * Acanthella insignis Thiele, 1898
 * Acanthella klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
 * Acanthella ligulata (Burton, 1928)
 * Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870)
 * Acanthella megaspicula Thomas, 1984
 * Acanthella minuta Tanita, 1968
 * Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885
 * Acanthella oviforma Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
 * Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886
 * Acanthella ramosa Kumar, 1925
 * Acanthella ramus (Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990)
 * Acanthella simplex Thiele, 1898
 * Acanthella stanleei Nascimento, Cavalcanti & Pinheiro, 2019
 * Acanthella styloida Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
 * Acanthella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1897
 * Acanthella vaceleti van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
 * Acanthella vulgata Thiele, 1898
 * Acanthella xutha (de Laubenfels, 1954)