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Monanchora
Sign in to saveMonanchora is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeida. The genus contains 18 species, which have been researched for their potential use in medicine.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderPoecilosclerida
- FamilyCrambeidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 152
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Crambeidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, CAS, QM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Palau, Australia, Belize, Timor-Leste, Wallis And Futuna, Mariana Islands, French Polynesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Crambeidae
- Image
- Monanchora unguifera (Pink Lumpy sponge).jpg
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- Commons category
- Monanchora
- taxon author citation
- Carter, 1883
- taxon name
- Monanchora
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Morphology
- Chemistry
- Distribution
- Discovery
- Medical Use
- Taxonomy
- References
Monanchora is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeida. The genus contains 18 species, which have been researched for their potential use in medicine.
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monanchora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.