Sponge
I.31420
Holding institution:
Donor:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 07.02.1899
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Scientific name:
Hamacantha Vomerula esperioides
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
18 December 1873 - 18 December 1873
Form:
Fluid
Station:
142
Citations:
[Challenger] Report Pt. 59, p. 60.
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Demospongiae
Order:
Merliida
Family:
Hamacanthidae
Genus:
Hamacantha Gray, 1867
Subgenus:
Hamacantha Vomerula
Species:
Hamacantha Vomerula esperioides Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Synonyms:
Vomerula esperioides
Station/Area Information
Station:
142
Date collected:
18/12/1873
Area:
Agulhas Bank off Cape Town, South Africa
Water body:
Southeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
47
Depth (Fathoms):
150 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-35.07
Decimal Longitude:
18.62
Gear:
Dredge
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02796
Notes:
Single specimen
