Clathria

Clathria
Clathria prolifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Suborder:	Microcionina
Family:	Microcionidae
Subfamily:	Microcioninae
Genus:	Clathria Schmidt, 1862
Species:	see text

Clathria is a genus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae.^[1]

Subgenera

The genus is divided into several subgenera as follows:^[1]

• Clathria (Axosuberites) Topsent, 1893
• Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862
• Clathria (Dendrocia) Hallmann, 1920
• Clathria (Isociella) Hallmann, 1920
• Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
• Clathria (Thalysias) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
• Clathria (Wilsonella) Carter, 1885

Species

Species in the genus include:^[1]

• Clathria aspera Gammill, 1998
• Clathria compressa (Bowerbank, 1875)
• Clathria dichela sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
• Clathria granulata (Keller, 1889)
• Clathria hjorti (Arnesen, 1920)
• Clathria palmatichela (Topsent, 1928)
• Clathria prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
• Clathria pulcherrima
• Clathria schmitti (de Laubenfels, 1942)
• Clathria surculosa (Esper, 1794)

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