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Acarnus tenuis

Status not recordedsponges

Acarnus tenuis is a species in the family Acarnidae, order Poecilosclerida.

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Quick facts about Acarnus tenuis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Acarnus tenuis live?

Not recorded

Is Acarnus tenuis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Acarnus tenuis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyAcarnidae
  6. genusAcarnus
  7. SpeciesAcarnus tenuis Dendy, 1896

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Acarnus tenuis

Other species in the same genus Acarnus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Acarnus tenuis?

Acarnus tenuis (Acarnus tenuis) belongs to the family Acarnidae in the order Poecilosclerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acarnus tenuis (Acarnus tenuis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acarnus-tenuis

MLA

“Acarnus tenuis (Acarnus tenuis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acarnus-tenuis.

BibTeX
@misc{acarnus_tenuis_2026,
  title = {Acarnus tenuis (Acarnus tenuis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acarnus-tenuis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}