World Porifera Database - Species - Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870)

Porifera name details

Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870)

AphiaID

447982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447982)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted genus transfer and objective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872

Rank

Species

Parent

Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891 accepted as Ascandra Haeckel, 1872

Original name

Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 176-191. [details]

(of Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/images/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=447982 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-19 19:05:13Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2023-08-08 13:50:27Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2026-01-04 13:07:16Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (4)

original description (of Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 176-191. [details]

original description (of Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]

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