Echinochalina (Echinochalina) melana
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Echinochalina (Echinochalina) melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
type: ScientificName
bibliographic 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Echinochalina (Echinochalina) melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167815 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2023-06-10T18:11:28Z
replaces: 190990
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Echinochalina (Echinochalina) melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Echinochalina
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands. 70(215): 1-175.
name published in year: 1988
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 167807
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
specific epithet: melana
subgenus: Echinochalina
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted