Clathrina dictyoides

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Clathrina dictyoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Clathrinidae
Genus: Clathrina
Species:
C. dictyoides
Binomial name
Clathrina dictyoides
(Haeckel, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Ascetta dictyoidesHaeckel, 1872

Clathrina dictyoides is a species of calcareous sponge from Australia. This species is considered to be dubious because the type, and only known specimen, is lost. [1]

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References

  1. Klautau, Michelle; Valentine, Clare. "Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (1): 1–62. doi: 10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x .

World Register of Marine Species entry