Melonanchora emphysema

Melonanchora emphysema spicule plate

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 emphysema

Name

Melonanchora emphysema (Schmidt, 1875)

References

• Díaz, J.A., Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Ordines, F. 2021. Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records. PeerJ 9: e11879. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11879 Reference page. 
• 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 emphysema in the World Register of Marine Species

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