NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Ophlitaspongiinae
  Family - Microcionidae
  Suborder - Microcionina
  Order - Poecilosclerida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Antho lithophoenix
      Species - Antho brattegardi
      Species - Antho dichotoma
      Species - Antho erecta
      Species - Antho involvens
      Species - Antho inconstans
      Subgenus - Antho (Acarnia)
      Subgenus - Antho (Antho)
      Subgenus - Antho (Isopenectya)