Cliona Grant, 1826

Samaai, Toufiek, Pillay, Ruwen & Janson, Liesl, 2019, Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa, Zootaxa 4587 (1), pp. 1-85 : 12

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Genus Cliona Grant, 1826

Definition. Excavating, mostly cryptic Clionaidae without elaborate aquiferous morphology; with microscleres composed of raphides or spirasters, including amphiastrose modifications of spirasters or entirely smooth forms (sinuous microrhabds).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Hadromerida
Family	Clionaidae

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