Deep-Sea taxon details
Melonanchora maeli Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021
1553045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1553045)
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): 31 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
Holotype ZMA POR. 7269, geounit Cape Verde
, Note The publication of Santin et al. (2021)...
Holotype ZMA POR. 7269, geounit Cape Verde [details]
Type material The publication of Santin et al. (2021) omitted additional information on the type material, including collector, expedition, date and depth. This additional information has been entered here from the specimen database of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, where the type material is stored. [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 maeli 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://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1553045 on 2026-04-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melonanchora maeli Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1553045 on 2026-04-21
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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): 31 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMA POR. 7269, geounit Cape Verde [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material The publication of Santin et al. (2021) omitted additional information on the type material, including collector, expedition, date and depth. This additional information has been entered here from the specimen database of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, where the type material is stored. [details]
