original description
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1935). Some Sponges of Lower California (Mexico). <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 779: 1-14. [details] 
additional source
Sim, C.J.; Kim, M.H. 1988. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 7. Demospongiae and Hexactinellida. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 4(1): 21-42.
page(s): 25 [details] 
redescription
Hajdu, E. (1994). A phylogenetic interpretation of hamacanthids (Demospongiae, Porifera), with the redescription of <i>Hamacantha popana</i>. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 232 (1): 61-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb01559.x [details] Available for editors 
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype AMNH 251, geounit Northern California [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy According to Hajdu (1994) this species is a mixture of a Myrmekioderma sp. and Mycale bellabellensis. [details]