Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Mycalina > Family Hamacanthidae > Genus Hamacantha > Subgenus Hamacantha (Vomerula)

Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HamacanthaGray, 1867accepted genus name

Species group names

Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874 basionym; alternate representation
Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874 synonym; alternate representation
Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description

Bowerbank, J.S. 1874b. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII.

basis of record

Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. Pp. 665-668. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).

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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168431

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-03-12 by Rob van Soest

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