Clathria

Clathria
Clathria prolifera
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Taxonomy

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]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Clathria:[1]

Clathria reinwardti
Subgenus Axosuberites Topsent, 1893
Subgenus Clathria Schmidt, 1862
Subgenus Cornulotrocha Topsent, 1927
Subgenus Dendrocia Hallmann, 1920
Subgenus Isociella Hallmann, 1920
Subgenus Microciona Bowerbank, 1862
Subgenus Paresperia Burton, 1930
Subgenus Thalysias Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Subgenus Wilsonella Carter, 1885
Subgenus unassigned

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Clathria Schmidt, 1862". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.