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Porifera source details
Corriero, G.; Gadaleta, F.; Bavestrello, G. (2015). A new Mediterranean species of Tethya (Porifera: Tethyida: Demospongiae). Italian Journal of Zoology. 82 (4), 535-543.
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10.1080/11250003.2015.1077278 [view]
Corriero, G.; Gadaleta, F.; Bavestrello, G.
2015
A new Mediterranean species of <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Tethyida: Demospongiae)
Italian Journal of Zoology
82 (4), 535-543
Publication
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A new species of Tethya, T. meloni, is described from the Mediterranean Sea. The sponge, spherical in shape, displays a largesize, up to about 8 cm in diameter. The surface is pale yellow, covered by flattened tubercles. It differs from the known Mediterranean Tethya species (T. citrina and T. aurantium) according to the following traits: larger body size; colour; shape and size of megasters; distribution pattern of micrasters.
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea in general
Systematics, Taxonomy
Date action by
Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 (original description)
Adriatic Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
Adriatic Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Adriatic Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Ionian Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Ionian Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Ionian Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Ionian Sea for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Western Mediterranean for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015 Western Mediterranean for Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
Holotype Museum of Zoology, Bari University, no reg.no., geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
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