WoRMS name details
Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891
196859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196859)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 (type by monotypy)
- Species Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870) accepted as Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 (reverted genus transfer and objective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1891). Die Spongien der Adria, I. Die Kalkschwämme. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 53 (2): 185-321, (3): 361-463. [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196859 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1891). Die Spongien der Adria, I. Die Kalkschwämme. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 53 (2): 185-321, (3): 361-463. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Minchin, E.A. (1897). <i>Ascandra</i> or <i>Homandra</i>? A test case for the rules of Zoological nomenclature. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 20 (524): 48-50. [details]
Other
additional source
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1896). Die Berechtigung des Gattungsnamen <i>Homandra</i>. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 19: 435-436. [details]
