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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Crambeidae |
| Genus: | Monanchora Carter |
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.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Chang; Whittaker, Noel F.; Bewley, Carole A. (2003-12-01). "Crambescidin 826 and Dehydrocrambine A: New Polycyclic Guanidine Alkaloids from the Marine Sponge Monanchora sp. that Inhibit HIV-1 Fusion". Journal of Natural Products. 66 (11): 1490–1494. doi:10.1021/np030256t. ISSN 0163-3864. PMID 14640525.
- ^ El-Demerdash, Amr; Atanasov, Atanas; Bishayee, Anupam; Abdel-Mogib, Mamdouh; Hooper, John; Al-Mourabit, Ali (2018-01-02). "Batzella, Crambe and Monanchora: Highly Prolific Marine Sponge Genera Yielding Compounds with Potential Applications for Cancer and Other Therapeutic Areas". Nutrients. 10 (1): 33. doi:10.3390/nu10010033. ISSN 2072-6643. PMC 5793261. PMID 29301302.
- ^ Esteves, Eduardo L.; de Paula, Thiago S.; Lerner, Clea; Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele; Hajdu, Eduardo (2018). "Morphological and molecular systematics of the 'Monanchora arbuscula complex' (Poecilosclerida : Crambeidae), with the description of five new species and a biogeographic discussion of the genus in the Tropical Western Atlantic". Invertebrate Systematics. 32 (2): 457. doi:10.1071/IS16088. ISSN 1445-5226. S2CID 90147577.