Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Lyssacinosida > Family Rossellidae > Genus Mellonympha

Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rossella Carter, 1872

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mellonympha*	Schulze, 1897	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. In: 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).
basis of record	Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. In: 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).
basis of record	Schulze, F.E. (1897). Revision des Systemes der Asconematiden und Rosselliden. Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1: 520-558.
additional source	Stephens, J. (1915). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. I.- The Triaxonia and part of the Tetraxonida. Fisheries, Ireland Scientific Investigations. 1914(4): 1-43, pls I-V.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.

Genbank

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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Mellonympha velata (Thomson, 1873). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134414