| Clionaidae | |
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| Modern clionaid borings in an oyster shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Clionaida |
| Family: | Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clionaidae is a family of demosponges which are found worldwide. [1] This family is known for parasitically boring holes in calcareous material such as mollusc shells and corals, using both chemical and mechanical processes. [2] [3]
Genera within this family include: [1]
Geodia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.
Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.
Plakinidae is a family of marine sponges. It is composed of seven genera:
Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. Species of Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.
Cliona is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.
Thoosa is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thoosidae. This genus is known for boring holes in corals. It contains sixteen described species.
Haliclona is a genus of demosponges in the family Chalinidae.
Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.
Auletta is a genus of sponges in the family Bubaridae.
Ancorinidae is a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Tetractinellida.
Homaxinella is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae. The type species is Homaxinella balfourensis.
Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species:
Clionaida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.
Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.
Antho is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is known from virtually all parts of the global ocean. There are 62 species in five subgenera.
Bubaridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Bubarida. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Dictyonella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dictyonellidae.
Phakellia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Bubaridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Paratimea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Stelligeridae.
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