Myceliospongia araneosa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: Myceliospongia
Species: Myceliospongia araneosa

Name

• Myceliospongia araneosa Vacelet & Pérez, 1998: 13

Holotype: MNHN-DJV 61, fragmentary specimen, collected on 7 July 1996.

Type locality: “North-Western Mediterranean. La Ciotat, 3PP cave 60 m from cave opening, 18 m in depth”.

References

Primary references

• Vacelet,J. & Pérez, T. 1998. Two new genera and species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) without skeleton from a Mediterranean cave. Zoosystema 20(1): 5–22. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vacelet, J., Pérez, T. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Demospongiae Incertae sedis: Myceliospongia Vacelet & Perez, 1998. Pp. 1099–1101 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Myceliospongia araneosa in the World Register of Marine Species