Deep-Sea taxon details
Monorhaphis chuni Schulze, 1904
171556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171556)
accepted
Species
Hyalonema fruticosum Schulze, 1893 · unaccepted (taxon inquirendum)
Monorhaphis dives Schulze, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Monorhaphis intermedia Li Jinhe, 1987 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 112-121 [details]
page(s): 112-121 [details]
Type locality contained in East African Coral Coast
type locality contained in East African Coral Coast [details]
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. Monorhaphis chuni Schulze, 1904. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171556 on 2026-10-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Monorhaphis chuni Schulze, 1904. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171556 on 2026-10-16
original description
Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 112-121 [details]
original description (of Monorhaphis intermedia Li Jinhe, 1987) Li, Jinhe. (1987). <i>Monorhaphis intermedia</i> - a new species of Hexactinellida. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> 18(2): 130-137.
page(s): 135-137 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Hyalonema fruticosum Schulze, 1893) Schulze, F.E. (1893). Revision des Systemes der Hyalonematiden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 30: 541-589.
page(s): 570-571 [details]
original description (of Monorhaphis dives Schulze, 1904) Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 121-125 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. <em>in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).</em>
page(s): 27-41 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_128 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ise, Y. (2017). Taxonomic review of Japanese sponges (Porifera). pp. 343-382, in: Motokawa, M.; Kajihara, H. (Eds.) Species diversity of animals in Japan. <em>Springer Verlag Japan.</em> xiii, 721 pp., available online at http://www.springer.com/la/book/9784431564300#
page(s): 345, 348, fig. 13.1c [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pisera, A.; Łukowiak, M.; Masse, S.; Tabachnick, K.; Fromont, J.; Ehrlich, H.; Bertolino, M. (2021). Insights into the structure and morphogenesis of the giant basal spicule of the glass sponge <i>Monorhaphis chuni</i>. <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 18(1): 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00440-x [details] Available for editors
additional source Tabachnick, K.; Fromont, J.; Ehrlich, H.; Menshenina, L. (2019). Hexactinellida from the Perth Canyon, Eastern Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4664(1): 47-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.2
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Janussen, D.; Menschenina, L.L. (2008). New Australian Hexactinellida (Porifera) with a revision of <i>Euplectella aspergillum</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1866: 7-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1866.1.3
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
redescription Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
redescription Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_128 [details] Available for editors
biology source Boury-Esnault, N. (2008). Le rôle de la silice dans la biosphère: l'exemple des spongiaires. <em>Comptes rendus de Chimie.</em> 11: 261-267.
page(s): 262-263 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 112-121 [details]
original description (of Monorhaphis intermedia Li Jinhe, 1987) Li, Jinhe. (1987). <i>Monorhaphis intermedia</i> - a new species of Hexactinellida. <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> 18(2): 130-137.
page(s): 135-137 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Hyalonema fruticosum Schulze, 1893) Schulze, F.E. (1893). Revision des Systemes der Hyalonematiden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 30: 541-589.
page(s): 570-571 [details]
original description (of Monorhaphis dives Schulze, 1904) Schulze, F.E. (1904). Hexactinellida. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 4: 1-266, separated atlas: pls I-LII, 1 map.
page(s): 121-125 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. <em>in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).</em>
page(s): 27-41 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_128 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ise, Y. (2017). Taxonomic review of Japanese sponges (Porifera). pp. 343-382, in: Motokawa, M.; Kajihara, H. (Eds.) Species diversity of animals in Japan. <em>Springer Verlag Japan.</em> xiii, 721 pp., available online at http://www.springer.com/la/book/9784431564300#
page(s): 345, 348, fig. 13.1c [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pisera, A.; Łukowiak, M.; Masse, S.; Tabachnick, K.; Fromont, J.; Ehrlich, H.; Bertolino, M. (2021). Insights into the structure and morphogenesis of the giant basal spicule of the glass sponge <i>Monorhaphis chuni</i>. <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 18(1): 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00440-x [details] Available for editors
additional source Tabachnick, K.; Fromont, J.; Ehrlich, H.; Menshenina, L. (2019). Hexactinellida from the Perth Canyon, Eastern Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4664(1): 47-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.2
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tabachnick, K.R.; Janussen, D.; Menschenina, L.L. (2008). New Australian Hexactinellida (Porifera) with a revision of <i>Euplectella aspergillum</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1866: 7-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1866.1.3
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
redescription Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
redescription Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Monorhaphididae Ijima, 1927. pp. 1264-1266. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_128 [details] Available for editors
biology source Boury-Esnault, N. (2008). Le rôle de la silice dans la biosphère: l'exemple des spongiaires. <em>Comptes rendus de Chimie.</em> 11: 261-267.
page(s): 262-263 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
