{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | taxon = Ancorina | authority = Schmidt, 1862 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * ''Sanidastrella'' <small>Topsent, 1892</small> }}
'''''Ancorina''''' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae. It is the type genus of its family.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS | id = 48587 | taxon = Ancorina | accessdate = 15 February 2007 }}</ref>
This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.<ref name="ScienceSpongi">{{cite journal|last=Meylan|first=Anne|author-link=Anne Meylan|date=1988-01-12|title=Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass|journal=Science|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|volume=239|issue=4838|pages=393–395|doi=10.1126/science.239.4838.393|jstor=1700236|pmid=17836872}}<!--| accessdate = 2007-02-15 --></ref>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ancorina'':<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131985|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ancorina Schmidt, 1862|website=www.marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>
*''Ancorina bellae'' <small>Kelly & Sim-Smith, 2012</small> *''Ancorina brevidens'' <small>Dendy & Frederick, 1924</small> *''Ancorina buldira'' <small>Lehnert & Stone, 2014</small> *''Ancorina cerebrum'' <small>Schmidt, 1862</small> *''Ancorina corticata'' <small>Lévi, 1964</small> *''Ancorina diplococcus'' <small>Dendy, 1924</small> *''Ancorina geodides'' <small>(Carter, 1886)</small> *''Ancorina globosa'' <small>Kelly & Sim-Smith, 2012</small> *''Ancorina multistella'' <small>(Lendenfeld, 1907)</small> *''Ancorina nanosclera'' <small>Lévi, 1967</small> *''Ancorina radix'' <small>Marenzeller, 1889</small> *''Ancorina repens'' <small>Wiedenmayer, 1989</small> *''Ancorina robusta'' <small>(Carter, 1883)</small> *''Ancorina stalagmoides'' <small>Dendy, 1924</small>
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Category:Tetractinellida Category:Taxa named by Eduard Oscar Schmidt
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