Melonanchora insulsa

Melonanchora insulsa spicule plate

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: Melonanchora insulsa

Name

Melonanchora insulsa Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021: 28

• Holotype: MZS Po165, collected by USCSS Blake expedition (1878–79) in 1879.
• Type locality: “Gulf of Mexico”.

References

Primary 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 insulsa in the World Register of Marine Species

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