Monorhaphis
Sign in to savethumb Monorhaphis is a monotypic genus of siliceous deep sea Hexactinellid sponges. The single species is the type species Monorhaphis chuni, a sponge known for creating a single giant basal spicule (G.B.S.) to anchor the sponge in the sediments. The species was described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1904 from specimens collected by the German Deep Sea Expedition in 1898–1899. Monorhaphis is also the only genus in the monotypic family Monorhaphididae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassHexactinellida
- OrderAmphidiscosida
- FamilyMonorhaphididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Monorhaphididae
- Collections
- WAM, NHMUK, NRM
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Monorhaphididae
- Image
- Monorhaphis chuni 2008.jpg
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- Monorhaphis
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- Commons category
- Monorhaphis
- taxon author citation
- Schulze, 1904
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thumb Monorhaphis is a monotypic genus of siliceous deep sea Hexactinellid sponges. The single species is the type species Monorhaphis chuni, a sponge known for creating a single giant basal spicule (G.B.S.) to anchor the sponge in the sediments. The species was described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1904 from specimens collected by the German Deep Sea Expedition in 1898–1899. Monorhaphis is also the only genus in the monotypic family Monorhaphididae.
One study provides substantial evidence that an individual of this deep-sea sponge, that forms giant spicules up to 3 meters long, is about 11,000 years old.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monorhaphis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.