WoRMS taxon details
Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874)
168431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168431)
accepted
Species
Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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 (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168431 on 2025-04-05
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [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
[request]
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 [request]
page(s): 207, Pl. LXXIV 1-3; 208-209; note: illustration of the type specimen [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
[request]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
[request]Other
additional source
Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M. (2014). New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3760: 141–179. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fourt, M.; Goujard, A.; Pérez, T.; Chevaldonné, P. (2017). Guide de la faune profonde de la mer Méditerranée. Explorations des roches et des canyons sous-marins des côtes françaises. <em>Patrimoines naturels. Publications scientifiques du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 75: 1-184. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M. (2014). New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3760: 141–179. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fourt, M.; Goujard, A.; Pérez, T.; Chevaldonné, P. (2017). Guide de la faune profonde de la mer Méditerranée. Explorations des roches et des canyons sous-marins des côtes françaises. <em>Patrimoines naturels. Publications scientifiques du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 75: 1-184. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hamacantha falcula) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hamacantha falcula) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Halichondria falcula Bowerbank, 1874)
