Hamacantha
Genus of sponges
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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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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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Species
The following species are recognised:[4]
Subgenus Hamacantha (Hamacantha) (Gray, 1867)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) boomerang (Hajdu & Castello-Branco, 2014)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) hortae Santín, (Grinyó Uriz & Gili &, 2021)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) lundbecki (Topsent, 1904)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) schmidtii (Carter, 1882)
- Hamacantha (Hamacantha) simplex (Burton, 1959)
Subgenus Hamacantha (Vomerula) Schmidt, 1880
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) acerata (Lévi, 1993)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) agassizi (Topsent, 1920)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) atoxa (Lévi, 1993)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) azorica (Topsent, 1904)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) bowerbanki (Lundbeck, 1902)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) carteri (Topsent, 1904)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) cassanoi (Lehnert & Stone, 2016)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) esperioides (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) forcipulata (Lévi, 1993)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) integra (Topsent, 1904), Fibrous sponge
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) jeanvaceleti (Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2018)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) klausruetzleri (Castello-Branco & Hajdu, 2018)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) mamoi (Ise, Woo, Tan & Fujita, 2019)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) megancistra (Pulitzer-Finali, 1978)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) microxifera (Lopes & Hajdu, 2004)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) mindanaensis (Wilson, 1925)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata (Vosmaer, 1885)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) popana (de Laubenfels, 1935)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) tenda (Schmidt, 1880)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) tibicen (Schmidt, 1880)
- Hamacantha (Vomerula) umisachii (Ise, Woo, Tan & Fujita, 2019)
Subgenus Hamacantha (Zygherpe) (Laubenfels, 1932)
- Hamacantha (Zygherpe) desmacelloides (Hajdu, Hooker & Willenz, 2015)
- Hamacantha (Zygherpe) hyaloderma (Laubenfels, 1932)
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