Porifera name details
Tubella melloleitaoi Machado, 1947
480148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480148)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Tubella Carter, 1881 accepted as Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1888
recent only
Machado, O.X. (1948). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Brésil. Nouvelle espèce de spongiaire fluvial: <i>Tubella mello-leitaoi</i> O. Machado. <em>Bulletin de la Societé de Zoologie de France.</em> 72: 133-135.
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Type locality contained in Brazil North
type locality contained in Brazil North [details]
Taxonomic remark Careful examination of the holotype of Tubella meloleitao MACHADO, 1947, and, the author's illustrations of other...
Taxonomic remark Careful examination of the holotype of Tubella meloleitao MACHADO, 1947, and, the author's illustrations of other specimens, resulted in very few differences between T. melolleitaoi and Metania reticulata: small difference in size of the specimens; width of the megascleres, larger meshes of the skeletal reticulum and a tendency to sphaerical or sub-sphaerical growths. Because no other particular cha¡acte¡istic was detected, the species is partially included in the synonyms of M. retícul¿r¿. MACHADO (1947) actually described T. meloleitao from an association of M. reticulata and, Trochospongilta pennsylvanica (Potts 1882) as was recently pointed out byVOLKMER-RIBEIRO & MACIEL (1983). [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. Tubella melloleitaoi Machado, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=480148 on 2024-05-01
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Machado, O.X. (1948). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Brésil. Nouvelle espèce de spongiaire fluvial: <i>Tubella mello-leitaoi</i> O. Machado. <em>Bulletin de la Societé de Zoologie de France.</em> 72: 133-135.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Careful examination of the holotype of Tubella meloleitao MACHADO, 1947, and, the author's illustrations of other specimens, resulted in very few differences between T. melolleitaoi and Metania reticulata: small difference in size of the specimens; width of the megascleres, larger meshes of the skeletal reticulum and a tendency to sphaerical or sub-sphaerical growths. Because no other particular cha¡acte¡istic was detected, the species is partially included in the synonyms of M. retícul¿r¿. MACHADO (1947) actually described T. meloleitao from an association of M. reticulata and, Trochospongilta pennsylvanica (Potts 1882) as was recently pointed out byVOLKMER-RIBEIRO & MACIEL (1983). [details]
