Tethya meloni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tethyida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tethyida

Familia: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
Species: Tethya meloni

Name

Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015: 536

• Holotype: MZUSB, collected by MEDITS survey programme between July 2012 and June 2013.
• Type locality: “Mar Piccolo di Taranto, SW Apulia, 1–3 m depth (40°30ʹ07.17ʹ’N, 17°15ʹ47.61ʹ’E)”.

References

Primary references

• Corriero, G., Gadaleta, F. & Bavestrello, G. 2015. A new Mediterranean species of Tethya (Porifera: Tethyida: Demospongiae). Italian Journal of Zoology 82(4): 535–543. DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2015.1077278 Reference page. 

Links

• Tethya meloni in the World Register of Marine Species