Melonanchora intermedia

Melonanchora intermedia 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 intermedia

Name

Melonanchora intermedia Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021: 25

• Holotype: MSNG Vis4.7, collected by R.N. N IS.4.7 on 18 July 1975.
• Type locality: “off Calvi, Corsica (42.53333, 8.6), depth 128 m”.

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 intermedia in the World Register of Marine Species

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