Clionaidae
Also known as: Boring Sponges, Esponjas cavadoras de agujeros, Esponxas furadoras, Клионы, センコウカイメン科, センコウカイメン科/アナホリカイメン科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Porifera |
| Class | Demospongiae |
| Order | Clionaida |
| Family | Clionaidae |
| Published in | Orbigny, A. D. d’. (1851). Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. 1(1) . Masson Paris, 382 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=304190 |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 12 |
| Species records held | 187 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 241 |
| GBIF key | 2251555 |
Genera in Clionaidae
- Cliona — 87 species: Cliona acephala, Cliona adriatica, Cliona aethiopicus, Cliona albimarginata, Cliona amplicavata, Cliona annulifera, Cliona aprica, Cliona arenosa
- Spheciospongia — 38 species: Spheciospongia albida, Spheciospongia alcyonoides, Spheciospongia areolata, Spheciospongia australis, Spheciospongia capensis, Spheciospongia carnosa, Spheciospongia confoederata, Spheciospongia congenera
- Pione — 26 species: Pione angelae, Pione carpenteri, Pione cervina, Pione concharum, Pione dendritica, Pione enigmatica, Pione fryeri, Pione gibraltarensis
- Spiroxya — 10 species: Spiroxya abyssorum, Spiroxya acus, Spiroxya acustella, Spiroxya corallophila, Spiroxya heteroclita, Spiroxya levispira, Spiroxya macroxeata, Spiroxya pruvoti
- Entobia — 8 species: Entobia cateniformis, Entobia colaria, Entobia cretacea, Entobia laquea, Entobia mikra, Entobia morrisi, Entobia nana, Entobia tuberculata
- Cliothosa — 7 species: Cliothosa aurivillii, Cliothosa delitrix, Cliothosa dichotoma, Cliothosa hancocki, Cliothosa investigatoris, Cliothosa quadrata, Cliothosa tylostrongylata
- Scolopes — 3 species: Scolopes lignea, Scolopes megastra, Scolopes moseleyi
- Volzia — 3 species: Volzia albicans, Volzia azzaroliae, Volzia rovignensis
- Dotona — 2 species: Dotona davidi, Dotona pulchella
- Cervicornia — 1 species: Cervicornia cuspidifera
- Clionaopsis — 1 species: Clionaopsis platei
- Clionolithes — 1 species: Clionolithes spec
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.