Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Merliida > Family Hamacanthidae > Genus Hamacantha > Subgenus Hamacantha (Hamacantha)

Hamacantha (Hamacantha) schmidtii (Carter, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hamacantha*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hamacantha schmidtii*	(Carter, 1882)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	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.
redescription	Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland. 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.

Genbank

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 (Hamacantha) schmidtii (Carter, 1882). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168426