Subgenus Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887

Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 102 .

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).