Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887 
AphiaID: 184788

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Cladorhizidae (Family)

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Meliiderma stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (type by original designation)
Parent		Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922
Sources		original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text] basis of record: Hajdu, E.; Vacelet, J. 2002. Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 636-641. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Meliiderma stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184788
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-12-12 17:12:35Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-02-06 18:34:25Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2010-10-09 17:56:29Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887. 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: 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. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184788 on 2013-05-23