World Porifera Database - Species - Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891

Porifera name details

Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891

AphiaID

196859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196859)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Ascandra Haeckel, 1872

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913

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Species Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870) accepted as Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 (reverted genus transfer and objective junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1891). Die Spongien der Adria, I. Die Kalkschwämme. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 53 (2): 185-321, (3): 361-463. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=196859 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-02-12 19:31:25Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-01-19 19:05:13Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (3)

original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1891). Die Spongien der Adria, I. Die Kalkschwämme. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 53 (2): 185-321, (3): 361-463. [details]

additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1896). Die Berechtigung des Gattungsnamen Homandra. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 19: 435-436. [details]

source of synonymy Minchin, E.A. (1897). Ascandra or Homandra? A test case for the rules of Zoological nomenclature. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 20 (524): 48-50. [details]