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

Hamacantha (Vomerula) Schmidt, 1880

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hamacantha*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Hamacantha (Hamacantha)*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula)*	Schmidt, 1880	taxonomically included in

Subgenus group names

*Hamacantha (Vomerula) azorica*	Topsent, 1904	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula) carteri*	Topsent, 1904	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula*	(Bowerbank, 1874)	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula) integra*	Topsent, 1904	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula) megancistra*	Pulitzer-Finali, 1978	taxonomically included in
*Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata*	Vosmaer, 1885	taxonomically included in
*Vomerula*	Schmidt, 1880	synonym

Children

Hamacantha (Vomerula) azorica Topsent, 1904
Hamacantha (Vomerula) carteri Topsent, 1904
Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)
Hamacantha (Vomerula) integra Topsent, 1904
Hamacantha (Vomerula) megancistra Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
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).
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).
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.

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 (Vomerula) Schmidt, 1880. 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:168428