North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

AfReMaS name details

Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)

AphiaID

133231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133231)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted Name

Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hamacantha Gray, 1867

Original name

Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874

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.; CÃ¡rdenas, P.; DÃaz, 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.; RÃos, P.; RÃ¼tzler, K.; SchÃ¶nberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133231 on 2025-04-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133231 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-12-26 13:04:13Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-06-29 17:27:52Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-03-11 10:23:20Z

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]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: GÃ¸teborg). Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen). 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a Collection of Sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'UniversitÃ¡ di Genova. 45: 7-89.
page(s): 49 [details]

additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 84: 445-621.
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additional source 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.
page(s): 16 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la MÃ©diterranÃ©e provenant des croisiÃ¨res du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. RÃ©sultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
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additional source Topsent, E. (1936). Eponges observÃ©es dans les parages de Monaco. (DeuxiÃ¨me partie). Bulletin de l'Institut ocÃ©anographique, Monaco. 686: 1-7.
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'Ã©tage bathyal de MÃ©diterranÃ©e (RÃ©coltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). MÃ©moires du MusÃ©um national d'Histoire naturelle. MÃ©moires du MusÃ©um national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie). 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 192 [details] Available for editors

additional source Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. Journal of Natural History. 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS)
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additional source Alander, H. (1935). Additions to the Swedish sponge fauna. Arkiv fÃ¶r Zoologi 28B(5): 1-6 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 3 [details]

additional source Cabioch, L. (1973). Additions Ã l'inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff (n.s.). 20 (31): 5-6.
page(s): 6 [details]

additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. Italian Zoology. 72 (1): 53-64.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors

additional source Angeletti, L.; Castellan, G.; Montagna, P.; Remia, A.; Taviani, M. (2020). The â€œCorsica Channel Cold-Water Coral Provinceâ€ (Mediterranean Sea). Frontiers in Marine Science. 7., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00661
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors