Deep-Sea taxon details
Melonanchora tumultuosa Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021
1552979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1552979)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Santín, A.; Uriz, M.-J.; Cristobo, J.; Xavier, J.R.; Ríos, P. (2021). Unique spicules may confound species differentiation: taxonomy and biogeography of <i>Melonanchora</i> Carter, 1874 and two new related genera (Myxillidae: Poecilosclerida) from the Okhotsk Sea. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e12515., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12515
page(s): 20-25 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 20-25 [details] Available for editors
Holotype GNM Porifera 624, geounit North Sea
Holotype GNM Porifera 624, geounit North Sea [details]
Distribution Santin et al. 2021 cited Vosmaer's M. elliptica (partim) as belonging to this species, but the identification is based on a...
Distribution Santin et al. 2021 cited Vosmaer's M. elliptica (partim) as belonging to this species, but the identification is based on a slide ZMA.POR.P.10796 which has only ‘Noorwegen’ (=Norway) on its label, no further information. It is uncertain whether it was made from Vosmaer’s specimen. Based on the slide the identification of a Vosmaer Barents Sea specimen as M. tumultuosa is not warranted because there is only a single Vosmaer specimen in the ZMA collection ZMA POR. 1548, which was already cited to be M. elliptica by Santin et al. 2021. The slide was probably made from M. tumultuosa specimens (ZMA POR. 4976 and 4977) from the Bergen area in Norway. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Melonanchora tumultuosa Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1552979 on 2026-04-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melonanchora tumultuosa Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1552979 on 2026-04-03
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Santín, A.; Uriz, M.-J.; Cristobo, J.; Xavier, J.R.; Ríos, P. (2021). Unique spicules may confound species differentiation: taxonomy and biogeography of <i>Melonanchora</i> Carter, 1874 and two new related genera (Myxillidae: Poecilosclerida) from the Okhotsk Sea. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e12515., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12515
page(s): 20-25 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 20-25 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype GNM Porifera 624, geounit North Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Santin et al. 2021 cited Vosmaer's M. elliptica (partim) as belonging to this species, but the identification is based on a slide ZMA.POR.P.10796 which has only ‘Noorwegen’ (=Norway) on its label, no further information. It is uncertain whether it was made from Vosmaer’s specimen. Based on the slide the identification of a Vosmaer Barents Sea specimen as M. tumultuosa is not warranted because there is only a single Vosmaer specimen in the ZMA collection ZMA POR. 1548, which was already cited to be M. elliptica by Santin et al. 2021. The slide was probably made from M. tumultuosa specimens (ZMA POR. 4976 and 4977) from the Bergen area in Norway. [details]
