Meliiderma stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
AphiaID: 192409

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

Status		unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) Ridley & Dendy, 1887 Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887
Parent		Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873
Sources		original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text] 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] additional source: Koltun, V.M. 1964b. Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation] [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Prince Edward Islands [details] Prince Edward Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes		Holotype: BMNH 1887.5.2.191 & 1891.10.3.52a [details] Type locality: Prince Edward Island [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192409
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-12-18 15:00:44Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-06-06 19:01:30Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2010-10-09 17:56:29Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Meliiderma stipitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886). 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=192409 on 2013-06-18