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Clathrina Gray 1867

Description

GENUS CLATHRINA GRAY, 1867

Diagnosis: Clathrinidae in which the choanoderm is flat or rarely raised up into conuli by the apical rays of the tetractines, but never forms true folds, at least when the sponge is in the extended state. The cormus comprises anastomosed tubes. Regular, equiangular and equiradiate triactines and/or tetractines, to which diactines, tripods or tetrapods may be added.

Type-Species: Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864).

Notes

Published as part of Klautau, Michelle & Valentine, Clare, 2003, Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea), pp. 1-62 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5432634

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Clathrinidae
Genus
Clathrina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Clathrinida
Phylum
Porifera
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Clathrina Gray, 1867 sec. Klautau & Valentine, 2003

References

  • Gray J. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 492 - 558.
  • Schmidt O. 1864. Supplement der Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres Enthaltend die Histologie und systematiche Erganzungen. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.