Note "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)." for taxon Tubella melloleitaoi Machado, 1947 has been added by Ulisses Pinheiro via the webinterface on 2024-04-22T17:52:28+00:00
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