| Clathria | |
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| Clathria prolifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Microcionidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcioninae |
| Genus: | Clathria Schmidt, 1862 |
Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae. [1]
Clathria was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea"). [1] [2] The type species is Clathria (Clathria) compressa. [1]
The genus is divided into several subgenera: [1]
The following species are recognised in the genus Clathria: [1]
