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Porifera taxon details

Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873)

134414  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134414)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Hexactinellida (Class)
  5. Hexasterophora (Subclass)
  6. Lyssacinosida (Order)
  7. Rossellidae (Family)
  8. Mellonympha (Genus)
  9. Mellonympha velata (Species)
accepted
Species
Rossella velata Thomson, 1873 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): 418; fig 65 [details] 
Holotype  (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) BMNH...  
Holotype (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) BMNH 1882.7.28.119, geounit Saharan Upwelling [details]
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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=134414 on 2025-01-24
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2008-10-03 08:01:04Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): 418; fig 65 [details] 

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: 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 Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Schulze, F.E. (1897). Revision des Systemes der Asconematiden und Rosselliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1: 520-558.
page(s): 547-548 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. <em>Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations.</em> 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
page(s): 4-5 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 143-145 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. <i>In</i>: 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 Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) Carter, H.J. (1875). On the Genus <i>Rossella</i> (a Hexactinellid Sponge), with the Descriptions of three Species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 15(96): 113-122, pl. X.
page(s): 120-121 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Holotype (of Rossella velata Thomson, 1873) BMNH 1882.7.28.119, geounit Saharan Upwelling [details]
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