Monanchora arbuscula

Monanchora arbuscula

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

  • Type locality: Caribbean

Synonyms edit

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

References edit

  • 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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Pink Lumpy sponge
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