Marine Species Traits - Monanchora Carter, 1883

Traits taxon details

Monanchora Carter, 1883

AphiaID

169014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169014)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Monanchora clathrata Carter, 1883 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Crambeidae Lévi, 1963

Original name

Monanchora Carter, 1883

Direct children (18)

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Species Monanchora alaskensis (Lambe, 1895)
Species Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Monanchora bahamensis Esteves, de Paula, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
Species Monanchora brasiliensis Esteves, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2012
Species Monanchora clathrata Carter, 1883
Species Monanchora coccinea Esteves, de Paula, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
Species Monanchora dianchora de Laubenfels, 1935
Species Monanchora downesae Goodwin & Downey, 2021
Species Monanchora enigmatica (Burton & Rao, 1932)
Species Monanchora laevissima (Dendy, 1922)
Species Monanchora laminachela Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006
Species Monanchora lipochela (Dendy, 1922)
Species Monanchora megasigmifera Esteves, de Paula, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
Species Monanchora pulchra (Lambe, 1895)
Species Monanchora quadrangulata (Lévi, 1958)
Species Monanchora stocki van Soest, 1990
Species Monanchora unguiculata (Dendy, 1922)
Species Monanchora viridis (Kieschnick, 1900)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Carter, H.J. (1883). New Genus of Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 11: 369-370, pl. XV fig. 10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Monanchora Carter, 1883. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169014 on 2026-06-02

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Monanchora Carter, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169014 on 2026-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-04-03 09:09:18Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2019-01-04 08:28:02Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-11 14:28:33Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Carter, H.J. (1883). New Genus of Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 11: 369-370, pl. XV fig. 10. [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crambeidae Lévi, 1963. Pp. 547-555. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_58 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Crambeidae Lévi, 1963. Pp. 547-555. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084311)

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