Hamacantha
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| Hamacantha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Merliida |
| Family: | Hamacanthidae |
| Genus: | Hamacantha (Gray, 1867) |
| Type species | |
| Hamacantha johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) | |
| Subgenera and species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hamacantha is a genus of sponges in the family Hamacanthidae. This species in this genus differ from those in the other genera in this family through the presence of diancistras, distinctive microscleres.[2] These are thought to aid in framing the skeleton by joining monactine megascleres (that is megascleres that grow in only a single direction).[3] This genus contains 30 species in three subgenera.[4]
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