''Lamontia'' is a

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s in the

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Baeriidae Baeriidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the class Calcarea. It was named by Borojevic, Boury-Esnault, and Vacelet in 2000.Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. (2000). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subcla ...

. It consists of one species, ''Lamontia zona'' Kirk, 1895.Kirk, H. B. (1895). Further contributions to a knowledge of New Zealand sponges. ''Transactions of the New Zealand Institute'', 27, 287–292. The genus and species were described by

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biologist Harry Borrer Kirk in 1895. The type locality of ''Lamontia zona'' is Cook Strait, New Zealand.

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Calcaronea Monotypic sponge genera Animals described in 1895 {{calcarea-stub