- Clathria
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Clathria Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Poecilosclerida Suborder: Microcionina Family: Microcionidae Subfamily: Microcioninae Genus: Clathria
Schmidt, 1862Species: see text Clathria is a genus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae[1].
Subgenera
The genus is divided into several subgenera as follows[1]:
- Clathria (Axosuberites) Topsent, 1893
- Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862
- Clathria (Dendrocia) Hallmann, 1920
- Clathria (Isociella) Hallmann, 1920
- Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
- Clathria (Thalysias) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Clathria (Wilsonella) Carter, 1885
Species
Species in the genus include[1]:
- Clathria aspera Gammill, 1998
- Clathria compressa (Bowerbank, 1875)
- Clathria dichela sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
- Clathria granulata (Keller, 1889)
- Clathria hjorti (Arnesen, 1920)
- Clathria palmatichela (Topsent, 1928)
- Clathria pulcherrima
- Clathria schmitti (de Laubenfels, 1942)
- Clathria surculosa (Esper, 1794)
References
- ^ a b c http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131868 accessed 15 November 2010
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