Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Lyssacinosida > Family Rossellidae > Subfamily Lanuginellinae > Genus Mellonympha

Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mellonympha*	Schulze, 1897	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Rossella velata*	Thomson, 1873	basionym
*Rossella velata*	Thomson, 1873	synonym

Literature

original description	Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depths of the Sea. (Macmillan and Co.: London): 1-527.
basis of record	Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. Pp. 1441-1505. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134414