{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Acanthascus |authority=Schulze, 1886<ref name=schulze1886>{{cite book|last=Schulze|first=F.E.|year=1886|title=Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden|publisher=Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematisch Classe)|pages=1–97}}</ref> }}
'''Acanthascus''' is a genus of sponges in the family Rossellidae. Species include:<ref name=worms>{{cite WoRMS|year=2018|title=''Acanthascus'' Schulze, 1886|id=171966|access-date=2018-11-28|db=Porifera}}</ref>
*''Acanthascus alani'' <small>Ijima, 1898</small> *''Acanthascus cactus'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> *''Acanthascus koltuni'' <small>Reiswig & Stone, 2013</small> *''Acanthascus malacus'' <small>Reiswig, 2014</small> *''Acanthascus pachyderma'' <small>Okada, 1932</small> *''Acanthascus platei'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> *''Acanthascus profundum'' <small>(Koltun, 1967)</small>
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Category:Hexactinellida Category:Hexactinellida genera Category:Sponges described in 1886
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