Clathrina conifera

Species of sponge

Clathrina conifera

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Calcarea
Order:  | Clathrinida
Family:  | Clathrinidae
Genus:  | Clathrina
Species:  |

C. conifera

Binomial name
Clathrina conifera

Klautau & Borojevic, 2001

Clathrina conifera is a species of calcareous sponge from Brazil.[1] The species name refers to the cone-shaped appearance of the triactines.

## Description

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Cormus formed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes, white in life and beige when preserved. Water-collecting tubes are absent. The skeleton is composed only of triactines without any special organisation. They are equiradiate and equiangular. Actines are conical and straight with blunt tips.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Klautau; Borojevic (2001). "Calcareous sponges from Arraial do Cabo-Brazil (1: the genus Clathrina)". Zoosystema. 23: 295–410.
2. ^ Lanna, Emílio; Rossi, André Linhares; Cavalcanti, Fernanda F.; Hajdu, Eduardo; Klautau, Michelle (3 December 2007). "Calcareous sponges from São Paulo State, Brazil (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) with the description of two new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 87 (6): 1553–1561\. Bibcode:2007JMBUK..87.1553L. doi:10.1017/S0025315407056871. S2CID 85668965.

World Register of Marine Species entry

Taxon identifiers

Clathrina conifera|

* Wikidata: Q2301863
* Wikispecies: Clathrina conifera
* CoL: 5YVZS
* EoL: 196281
* GBIF: 5180464
* IRMNG: 11098355
* NCBI: 1031548
* OBIS: 164656
* Open Tree of Life: 11545
* WoRMS: 164656

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