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| Parent: | Encentrum Ehrenberg, 1838 | |
| Specific Name: | melonei | |
| Authorship: | De Smet & Leasi in Leasi & De Smet | |
| Publication: | Thalassic rotifers from the United States: descriptions of two new species and notes on the effect of salinity and ecosystem on biodiversity. Diversity 12(1): 28 [1-26]. | |
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| Type Specimen(s): | An adult female in a permanent glycerin glass slide mount deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (R.B.I.N.S.), Brussels, Belgium, IG. 34111, RIR.283 | |
| Type Locality: | New Jersey, Calvert Ventnor City, 39.346071 N, −74.476131 E; site 124; collected 5 June 2012, salinity = 30‰. Lagoon in estuarine system surrounded by wetland in close proximity to salt marsh islands and connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a channel. Samples characterized by a variety of benthic seaweeds, viz. sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca), wrack (Fucus sp.), and gutweed (Ulva sp.). | |
| Fossil: | No | |
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