Melonanchora elliptica

Melonanchora elliptica spicule plate

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Myxillidae
Genus: Melonanchora
Species: Melonanchora elliptica

Name

Melonanchora elliptica Carter, 1874

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 elliptica in the World Register of Marine Species

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