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Hamacantha

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Amphilectidae

Taxonomy
Hamacantha is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amphilectidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hamacantha Sepkoski
2004Hamacantha Finks et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyAmphilectidaede Laubenfels 1936
genusHamacantha

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available