MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)

AphiaID

168431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168431)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hamacantha (Vomerula) Schmidt, 1880

Original name

Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874

Synonymised names

Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168431 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168431 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2009-03-12 08:38:15Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]

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

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

additional source Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M. (2014). New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 3760: 141–179. [details] Available for editors

additional source Fourt, M.; Goujard, A.; Pérez, T.; Chevaldonné, P. (2017). Guide de la faune profonde de la mer Méditerranée. Explorations des roches et des canyons sous-marins des côtes françaises. Patrimoines naturels. Publications scientifiques du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris. 75: 1-184. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors

additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors