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Antho
Antho (plocamia) bremecae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Antho
(Gray, 1867)
Subgenera and species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Acarnia (Gray, 1867)
  • Anomoclathria (Topsent, 1929)
  • Clathriella (Burton, 1935)
  • Dirrhopalum (Ridley, 1881)
  • Dyctioclathria (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1921)
  • Echinoplocamia (Burton, 1959)
  • Heteroclathria (Topsent, 1904)
  • Isociona (Hallmann, 1920)
  • Isopenectya (Hallmann, 1920)
  • Lissoplocamia Brøndsted, 1924
  • Placomia
  • Plocamiopsis (Topsent, 1904)
  • Protoclathria (Burton, 1932)
  • Quintoxilla (de Laubenfels, 1950)
  • Quizciona (de Laubenfels, 1936)

Antho is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is known from virtually all parts of the global ocean.[2][3] There are 62 species in five subgenera.[4]

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