Galapagos Species Database
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Antho (Jia) lithophoenix
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Microcionidae
Genus
Antho (Jia)
Species
lithophoenix
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Antho (Acarnia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927), Antho (Plocamia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927), Antho lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927), Isociona lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927) (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997) Plocamia lithophoenix de Laubenfels, 1927 (genus transfer)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (Antho (Plocamia) lithophoenix) Santiago of Galapagos Islands and California (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Antho (Jia) lithophoenix", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19220. Accessed 31 October 2026.