Cliona

Cliona is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.

==Species== Species in this genus include: Cliona acephala Zea & López-Victoria, 2016 Cliona adriatica Calcinai, Bavestrello, Cuttone & Cerrano, 2011 Cliona aethiopicus Burton, 1932 Cliona albimarginata Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005 Cliona amplicavata Rützler, 1974 Cliona annulifera Annandale, 1915 Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 Cliona argus Thiele, 1898 Cliona barbadensis Holmes, 2000 Cliona burtoni Topsent, 1932 Cliona caesia (Schönberg, 2000) Cliona caledoniae van Soest & Beglinger, 2009 Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 Cliona caribbaea Carter, 1882 Cliona carteri (Ridley, 1881) Cliona celata Grant, 1826 Cliona chilensis Thiele, 1905 Cliona delitrix Pang, 1973 Cliona desimoni Bavestrello, Calcinai & Sarà, 1995 Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) Cliona dissimilis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Cliona diversityla Sarà, 1978 Cliona dubbia (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Cliona ecaudis Topsent, 1932 Cliona ensifera Sollas, 1878 Cliona euryphylle Topsent, 1888 Cliona favus Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005 Cliona flavifodina Rützler, 1974 Cliona infrafoliata (Thiele, 1898) Cliona insidiosa Hancock, 1849 Cliona janitrix Topsent, 1932 Cliona johannae Topsent, 1932 Cliona johnstoni (Carter, 1886) Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891 Cliona kempi Annandale, 1915 Cliona labiata (Keller, 1880) Cliona langae Pang, 1973 Cliona latens (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Cliona laticavicola Pang, 1973 Cliona lesueuri Topsent, 1888 Cliona liangae Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005 Cliona lisa Cuartas, 1991 Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849 Cliona macgeachi Holmes, 2000 Cliona medinae Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011 Cliona michelini Topsent, 1887 Cliona microstrongylata Carballo & Cruz-Barra, 2005 Cliona millepunctata Hancock, 1849 Cliona minuscula Schönberg, Grass & Heiermann, 2006 Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878 Cliona nodulosa Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000 Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900 Cliona papillae Carballo, Cruz-Barra & Gomez, 2004 Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997 Cliona patera (Hardwicke, 1822) Cliona paucispina Rützler, 1974 Cliona peponacea Pang, 1973 Cliona phallica Leidy, 1889 Cliona pocillopora Bautista-Guerrero, Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Nava, 2006 Cliona radiata Hancock, 1849 Cliona raphida Boury-Esnault, 1973 Cliona raromicrosclera (Dickinson, 1945) Cliona reticulata Ise & Fujita, 2005 Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981 Cliona schmidti (Ridley, 1881) Cliona spissaspira Corriero & Nonnis Marzano, 2006 Cliona subulata Sollas, 1878 Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003 Cliona thomasi Mote, Schönberg, Samaai, Gupta, Ingole, 2019 Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888 Cliona tinctoria Schönberg, 2000 Cliona topsenti (Lendenfeld, 1897) Cliona tropicalis Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011 Cliona tumula Friday, Poppell & Hill, 2013 Cliona undulata (George & Wilson, 1919) Cliona utricularis Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005 Cliona valentis (de Laubenfels, 1957) Cliona vallartense Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gomez, 2004 Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Cliona vermifera Hancock, 1867 Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)