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Clathria
Sign in to saveClathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderPoecilosclerida
- FamilyMicrocionidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,557
- With media
- 432
- Family
- Microcionidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Philippines, Micronesia, Federated States Of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Microcioninae
- Image
- Red Beard Sponge (Clathria prolifera) (16133310360).jpg
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- Clathria
- taxon name
- Clathria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Clathria
- taxon author citation
- Schmidt, 1862
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Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
==Taxonomy== Clathria was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea"). The type species is Clathria (Clathria) compressa.
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