Clathrina, GRAY, 1867

Klautau, Michelle & Valentine, Clare, 2003, Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (1), pp. 1-62 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490044

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D5484C-D41F-C35E-FC08-FE37FA7AFD73

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scientific name

Clathrina
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GENUS CLATHRINA GRAY, 1867 View in CoL

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) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Clathrinida

Family

Clathrinidae

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