Hamacantha boomerang

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Merliida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Merliida

Familia: Hamacanthidae
Genus: Hamacantha
Subgenus: Hamacantha (Hamacantha)
Species: Hamacantha boomerang

Name

Hamacantha boomerang Hajdu & Castello-Branco, 2014: 385

• Holotype: MNRJ 14339, collected by CENPES/PETROBRAS on 25 September 2008.
• Type locality: “Campos Basin, Brazil (ECOPROF 6, -22,382820 – -40,122579, off Farol de São Tomé), 607 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Hajdu, E. & Castello-Branco, C. 2014. Hamacantha (Hamacantha) boomerang sp. nov. from deep-sea coral mounds at Campos Basin, SW Atlantic, and redescription of H. (H.) schmidtii (Carter, 1882) (Hamacanthidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae). Zootaxa 3753(4): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Hamacantha boomerang in the World Register of Marine Species