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Hamacantha Gray, 1867

131902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131902)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Merliida (Order)
  7. Hamacanthidae (Family)
  8. Hamacantha (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Hamacantha (Hamacantha) Gray, 1867
    1. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) boomerang Hajdu & Castello-Branco, 2014
    2. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) hortae Santín, Grinyó, Uriz & Gili, 2021
    3. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864)
    4. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) lundbecki Topsent, 1904
    5. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) acerata Lévi, 1993 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) acerata Lévi, 1993 (subgenus transfer)
    6. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) azorica Topsent, 1904 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) azorica Topsent, 1904 (subgenus transfer)
    7. Species Hamacantha (Hamacantha) implicans Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885 (junior synonym)
  2. Subgenus Hamacantha (Vomerula) Schmidt, 1880
    1. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) acerata Lévi, 1993
    2. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) azorica Topsent, 1904
    3. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) bowerbanki Lundbeck, 1902
    4. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) carteri Topsent, 1904
    5. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) esperioides (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
    6. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)
    7. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) integra Topsent, 1904
    8. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) jeanvaceleti Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2018
    9. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) klausruetzleri Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2018
    10. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) levii Ekins & Hooper, 2023
    11. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) mindanaensis Wilson, 1925
    12. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) novacula Ekins & Hooper, 2023
    13. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885
    14. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) popana (de Laubenfels, 1935)
    15. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) ridleyi Ekins & Hooper, 2023
    16. Species Hamacantha (Vomerula) umisachii Ise, Woo, Tan & Fujita, 2019
  3. Species Hamacantha clavisaepta (Topsent, 1896) accepted as Pozziella clavisaepta Topsent, 1896 (reverted genus transfer)
  4. Species Hamacantha implicans Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885 (junior synonym)
  5. Species Hamacantha acerata Lévi, 1993 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) acerata Lévi, 1993 (subgenus assignment)
  6. Species Hamacantha bowerbanki Lundbeck, 1902 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) bowerbanki Lundbeck, 1902 (subgenus assignment)
  7. Species Hamacantha carteri Topsent, 1904 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) carteri Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
  8. Species Hamacantha esperioides (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) esperioides (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (subgenus assignment)
  9. Species Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) (subgenus assignment)
  10. Species Hamacantha integra Topsent, 1904 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) integra Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
  11. Species Hamacantha johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) represented as Hamacantha (Hamacantha) johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) (subgenus assignment)
  12. Species Hamacantha lundbecki Topsent, 1904 represented as Hamacantha (Hamacantha) lundbecki Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
  13. Species Hamacantha mindanaensis Wilson, 1925 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) mindanaensis Wilson, 1925 (subgenus assignment)
  14. Species Hamacantha papillata Vosmaer, 1885 represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885 (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hamacantha Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131902 on 2025-06-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hamacantha Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131902 on 2025-06-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-06-29 17:27:52Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2009-03-11 10:23:20Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2014-01-10 10:21:16Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-04-28 17:49:41Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-12-16 10:32:25Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (PeRMS) Hajdu, E.; Hooker, Y.; Willenz, P. (2015). New Hamacantha from Peru and resurrection of Zygherpe as subgenus (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Hamacanthidae). Zootaxa. 3926(1): 87-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bukry, D. 1979. Coccolith and silicoflagellate stratigraphy, northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Reykjanes Ridge Deep Sea Drilling project Leg 49. Deep Sea Drilling Project Initial Reports 49 (18): 551-581.
page(s): 577 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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