Hamacantha (Hamacantha)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Merliida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Merliida

Familia: Hamacanthidae
Genus: Hamacantha
Subgenus: Hamacantha (Hamacantha)
Species (6): H. (H.) boomerang – H. (H.) hortae – H. (H.) johnsoni – H. (H.) lundbecki – H. (H.) schmidtii – H. (H.) simplex

Name

Hamacantha (Hamacantha) Gray, 1867

References

Primary references

• 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. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hajdu, E. & Castello-Branco, C. 2014. Hamacantha (Hamacantha) boomerang sp. nov. from deep-sea coral mounds at Campos Basin, SW Atlantic, and redescription of H. (H.) schmidtii (Carter, 1882) (Hamacanthidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae). Zootaxa 3753(4): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Hamacantha (Hamacantha) in the World Register of Marine Species