Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887

Vacelet, Jean, Kelly, Michelle & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, Monika, 2009, Two new species of Chondrocladia (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) with a new spicule type from the deep south Pacific, and a discussion of the genus Meliiderma, Zootaxa 2073, pp. 57-68 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187147
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612552
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scientific name	Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887
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Subgenus Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887 View in CoL

Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 102 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Chondrocladia bearing a dense encrustation of special spicules (spear-like tylostyles or trochirhabds) packed in a single layer around the stalk and projecting vertically outwards.

Type species. Meliiderma stipitata Ridley & Dendy, 1887 (by monotypy).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Poecilosclerida
Family	Cladorhizidae

Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887

Vacelet, Jean, Kelly, Michelle & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, Monika 2009

2009

Meliiderma

Ridley 1887: 102

1887

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