Clathria (Clathria)

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Clathria (Clathria)
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Clathria prolifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Clathria
Subgenus: Clathria
Schmidt, 1862 [1]
Type species
Clathria compressa
Schmidt, 1862
Species

see text

Synonyms
List
  • AllociaHallmann, 1920
  • AntherochalinaLendenfeld, 1887
  • DictyocionaTopsent, 1913
  • Labaceade Laubenfels, 1936
  • Ligrotade Laubenfels, 1936
  • Litaspongiade Laubenfels, 1954
  • MarleyiaBurton, 1931
  • PitaliaGray, 1867
  • Ramosesde Laubenfels, 1936
  • Thalyseuryponde Laubenfels, 1936

Clathria (Clathria) is a subgenus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae. [2]

Species

Species in the subgenus include (130): [2]

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References

  1. Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7
  2. 1 2 Clathria (Clathria) at World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (accessed 15 August 2016)