Description

Diagnosis. This is the only encrusting Hamacantha with tylostyles, cyrtancistra-like diancistras and two categories of sigmas, both apically microspined.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Merliida

Family: Hamacanthidae

Genus: Hamacantha

Species: Hamacantha desmacelloides Hajdu, Hooker & Willenz, 2015