Monanchora arbuscula

Monanchora arbuscula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Crambeidae
Genus: Monanchora
Species: Monanchora arbuscula

Name

Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

• Type locality: Caribbean

Synonyms

• Pandaros arbusculum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
• Echinostylinos unguiferus de Laubenfels, 1953
• Monanchora barbadensis Hechtel, 1969
• Prosuberites scarlatum Alcolado, 1984
• Monanchora unguifera Zea, 1987

References

• Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P. & Michelotti, G. 1864: Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21 (2): 1–124, pls I-XXV. PDF
• Kobluk, D.R. & van Soest, R.W.M. 1989: Cavity-Dwelling Sponges in a Southern Caribbean Coral Reef and Their Paleontological Implications. Bulletin of Marine Science 44 (3) pp. 1207-1235. PDF

Links

• Monanchora arbuscula in the World Porifera Database

Vernacular names

English: Pink Lumpy sponge

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