MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melonchela Koltun, 1955

Deep-Sea name details

Melonchela Koltun, 1955

AphiaID

131871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131871)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Cornulum Carter, 1876

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Melonchela clathriata Koltun, 1955 accepted as Cornulum clathriata (Koltun, 1955) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Acarnidae Dendy, 1922

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Species Melonchela clathriata Koltun, 1955 accepted as Cornulum clathriata (Koltun, 1955) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Koltun, V.M. (1955). [New genera and species of sponges (Spongia, Cornacuspongida) from the Okhotsk and Bering Seas.]. Trudÿ Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR. 18 (1): 13-18 pl. 1 [InRussian]. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Melonchela Koltun, 1955. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131871 on 2025-07-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melonchela Koltun, 1955. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131871 on 2025-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-02-03 14:22:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-11-09 12:33:14Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Koltun, V.M. (1955). [New genera and species of sponges (Spongia, Cornacuspongida) from the Okhotsk and Bering Seas.]. Trudÿ Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR. 18 (1): 13-18 pl. 1 [InRussian]. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1996). Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 40: 1-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40092950 [details]

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: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors

additional source Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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