| Name | Acanthosphaera Lemmermann |
| Authorship | Lemmermann |
| Rank | Genus |
| Placed in | Chlorellaceae Brunnthaler |
| Contains | Acanthosphaera tenuispina Korshikov Acanthosphaera zachariasi Lemmermann |
| Remarks | Type: A. zachariasi Lemmermann [the honoree's name Zacharias is in Greek from, and a single "i" is added to make the epithet a masculine noun genitive (double "i" is not needed). |
| Citation | 1899 Forschungsber. Biol. Stat. Plön 7: 118 |