This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
Genus Acanthorhabdus is represented in museum collections (e.g., Naturalis Biodiversity Center) as preserved sponge specimens.
Acanthorhabdus is an accepted genus within the sponge family Acarnidae (order Poecilosclerida). Current taxonomic databases treat Acanthorhabdus as a valid genus name and cite its original authorship to Burton (1929).[2]