Melonanchora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Myxillidae
Genus: Melonanchora
Species (6): M. elliptica – M. emphysema – M. insulsa – M. intermedia – M. maeli – M. tumultuosa

Name

Melonanchora Carter, 1874: 212

• Type species: Melonanchora elliptica Carter, 1874 , by monotypy.

References

Additional references

• Santín, A., Uriz, M.J., Cristobo, J., Xavier, J.R. & Ríos, P. 2021. Unique spicules may confound species differentiation: taxonomy and biogeography of Melonanchora Carter, 1874 and two new related genera (Myxillidae: Poecilosclerida) from the Okhotsk Sea. PeerJ 9: e12515. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12515 Reference page. 

Links

• Melonanchora in the World Register of Marine Species