Acanthodesia Canu & Bassler, 1919

Type species: Flustra savartii Audouin, 1826

After discussion with others, I have elected to return to placing Acanthodesia as a subjective synonym of Biflustra. For an alternative view, see Taylor & Tan (2015).

This genus includes the species:

  1. Acanthodesia ancestra (Status?)
    		2.  Ducasse, 1958 Late Cretaceous Campanian France WoRMS 1594893
  2. Acanthodesia savartii
    		3. (Audouin, 1826) Recent
    Pliocene    		 Cosmopolitan tropical
    Europe    		 WoRMS 396715
  3. Acanthodesia variegata
    		4.  Di Martino & Taylor, 2018 Holocene Indonesia WoRMS 1399448

Acanthodesia savartii image Acanthodesia savartii image
Biflustra savartii Acanthodesia variegata

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Membranipora savartii - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 15/06/2016
Modified on 4/11/2016 (returned to a synonym of Biflustra)
Modified on 14/5/2018 (added A. variegata)
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