WoRMS name details
Hamacantha agassizi Topsent, 1920
191543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191543)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1920). Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg. Monaxonides. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 381: 1-36.
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern Gulf of Mexico
, Note This is the type of Evomerula de Laubenfels,...
type locality contained in Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Type species This is the type of Evomerula de Laubenfels, 1936, which is a junior synonym Hamacantha (Vomerula). [details]
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 agassizi Topsent, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191543 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
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Topsent, E. (1920). Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg. Monaxonides. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 381: 1-36.
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872. pp. 665-668. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes).</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (1984). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. <i>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands</i>. 66 (199): 1-167.
page(s): 143-145 [details]
page(s): 143-145 [details]





Syntype MZS Po0891, geounit Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Unknown type MNHN DT 2156, geounit Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional Material There are several Hamacantha specimens in the MCZ collection collected by the Blake Expedition 1877-1880, that could be from the same locality. [details]Type species This is the type of Evomerula de Laubenfels, 1936, which is a junior synonym Hamacantha (Vomerula). [details]