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Clathrina Gray, 1867

Clathrina clathrus
Clathrina clathrus

131729  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131729)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Calcarea (Class)
  5. Calcinea (Subclass)
  6. Clathrinida (Order)
  7. Clathrinidae (Family)
  8. Clathrina (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ascetta Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Auloplegma Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Guancha Miklucho-Maclay, 1868 · unaccepted (Synonym of some Clathrina,...)  
Synonym of some Clathrina, Ernstia and Nicola
Leucopsis Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nardoa Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Asteroidea)
Olynthus Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Prosycum Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Soleniscus Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym and preoccupied)

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  1. Species Clathrina albata Lopes, Padua, Azevedo & Klautau, 2025
  2. Species Clathrina andreusi Sim-Smith, Hickman & Kelly, 2021
  3. Species Clathrina angraensis Azevedo & Klautau, 2007
  4. Species Clathrina antofagastensis Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009
  5. Species Clathrina aphrodita Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015
  6. Species Clathrina arabica (Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872)
  7. Species Clathrina arnesenae (Rapp, 2006)
  8. Species Clathrina aurea Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991
  9. Species Clathrina bathybia (Poléjaeff, 1883)
  10. Species Clathrina beckingae Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
  11. Species Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
  12. Species Clathrina brevicaulis (Topsent, 1936)
  13. Species Clathrina broendstedi Rapp, Janussen & Tendal, 2011
  14. Species Clathrina camura (Rapp, 2006)
  15. Species Clathrina cancellata (Verrill, 1873)
  16. Species Clathrina capixaba Lopes, Padua, Azevedo & Klautau, 2025
  17. Species Clathrina ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
  18. Species Clathrina chrysea Borojevic & Klautau, 2000
  19. Species Clathrina clara Klautau & Valentine, 2003
  20. Species Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864)
  21. Species Clathrina conifera Klautau & Borojevic, 2001
  22. Species Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814)
  23. Species Clathrina cribrata Rapp, Klautau & Valentine, 2001
  24. Species Clathrina curacaoensis Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
  25. Species Clathrina cylindractina Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994
  26. Species Clathrina delicata Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018
  27. Species Clathrina dictyoides (Haeckel, 1872)
  28. Species Clathrina fakaravae Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
  29. Species Clathrina fjordica Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009
  30. Species Clathrina flexilis (Haeckel, 1872)
  31. Species Clathrina globulosa Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
  32. Species Clathrina helveola Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
  33. Species Clathrina heronensis Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
  34. Species Clathrina hispanica Klautau & Valentine, 2003
  35. Species Clathrina hondurensis Klautau & Valentine, 2003
  36. Species Clathrina huahineae Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
  37. Species Clathrina insularis Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
  38. Species Clathrina jorunnae Rapp, 2006
  39. Species Clathrina lacunosa (Johnston, 1842)
  40. Species Clathrina laminoclathrata Carter, 1886
  41. Species Clathrina loculosa (Haeckel, 1870)
  42. Species Clathrina lutea Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
  43. Species Clathrina luteoculcitella Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
  44. Species Clathrina macleayi (Lendenfeld, 1885)
  45. Species Clathrina maremeccae Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
  46. Species Clathrina multiformis (Breitfuss, 1898)
  47. Species Clathrina mutabilis Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
  48. Species Clathrina mutsu (Hôzawa, 1928)
  49. Species Clathrina nuroensis Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015
  50. Species Clathrina osculum Carter, 1886
  51. Species Clathrina parva Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
  52. Species Clathrina pedunculata (Lendenfeld, 1885)
  53. Species Clathrina pellucida (Rapp, 2006)
  54. Species Clathrina peruana Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015
  55. Species Clathrina philippina (Haeckel, 1872)
  56. Species Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872)
  57. Species Clathrina procumbens (Lendenfeld, 1885)
  58. Species Clathrina pulcherrima (Dendy, 1891)
  59. Species Clathrina purpurea Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
  60. Species Clathrina ramosa (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009)
  61. Species Clathrina repens Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
  62. Species Clathrina robusta Fonseca, Cóndor-Luján & Cavalcanti, 2023
  63. Species Clathrina rodriguesensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
  64. Species Clathrina rotunda Klautau & Valentine, 2003
  65. Species Clathrina rotundata Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017
  66. Species Clathrina rowi Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017
  67. Species Clathrina rubra Sarà, 1958
  68. Species Clathrina sceptrum (Haeckel, 1872)
  69. Species Clathrina sinusarabica Klautau & Valentine, 2003
  70. Species Clathrina smaragda Lopes, Padua, Cóndor-Luján & Klautau, 2018
  71. Species Clathrina soluta Fonseca, Cóndor-Luján & Cavalcanti, 2023
  72. Species Clathrina sororcula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
  73. Species Clathrina stipitata (Dendy, 1891)
  74. Species Clathrina tendali Rapp, 2015
  75. Species Clathrina williamsi Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
  76. Species Clathrina wistariensis Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
  77. Species Clathrina zelinhae Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
  78. Species Clathrina adusta Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 accepted as Janusya adusta (Wörheide & Hooper, 1999) (genus transfer)
  79. Species Clathrina africana Klautau & Valentine, 2003 accepted as Arturia africana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) (genus transfer)
  80. Species Clathrina alcatraziensis Lanna, Rossi, Cavalcanti, Hajdu & Klautau, 2007 accepted as Arturia alcatraziensis (Lanna, Rossi, Cavalcanti, Hajdu & Klautau, 2007) (genus transfer)
  81. Species Clathrina ascandroides Borojevic, 1971 accepted as Ascandra ascandroides (Borojevic, 1971) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Clathrina aspina Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994 accepted as Borojevia aspina (Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994)
  83. Species Clathrina atlantica (Thacker, 1908) accepted as Ascandra atlantica (Thacker, 1908)
  84. Species Clathrina biscayae Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987 accepted as Ascandra biscayae (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
  85. Species Clathrina brandtae Rapp, Göcke, Tendal & Janussen, 2013 accepted as Ascandra brandtae (Rapp, Göcke, Tendal & Janussen, 2013) (Genus transfer)
  86. Species Clathrina brasiliensis Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991 accepted as Borojevia brasiliensis (Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991)
  87. Species Clathrina canariensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) accepted as Arturia canariensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
  88. Species Clathrina cavata Carter, 1886 accepted as Ascaltis cavata (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Clathrina cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Borojevia cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872)
  90. Species Clathrina challengeri (Poléjaeff, 1883) accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  91. Species Clathrina clathrata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Clathrina compacta (Schuffner, 1877) accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877) (genus transfer)
  93. Species Clathrina compacta sensu Row, 1909 accepted as Arturia sueziana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) (mistaken identity)
  94. Species Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  95. Species Clathrina corallicola Rapp, 2006 accepted as Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006) (Genus transfer)
  96. Species Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Ernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Neoernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
  97. Species Clathrina darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Janusya darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) (genus transfer)
  98. Species Clathrina decipiens (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Borojevia cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872)
  99. Species Clathrina densa (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Ascandra densa Haeckel, 1872
  100. Species Clathrina dubia (Dendy, 1891) accepted as Arturia dubia (Dendy, 1891) (genus transfer)
  101. Species Clathrina falcata (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872
  102. Species Clathrina gardineri (Dendy, 1913) accepted as Ascaltis gardineri (Dendy, 1913) (genus transfer)
  103. Species Clathrina grisea (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) accepted as Ascaltis grisea (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) (genus transfer)
  104. Species Clathrina hirsuta Klautau & Valentine, 2003 accepted as Arturia hirsuta (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) (genus transfer)
  105. Species Clathrina intermedia (Kirk, 1896) accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  106. Species Clathrina izuensis (Tanita, 1942) accepted as Ascandra izuensis (Tanita, 1942) (genus transfer)
  107. Species Clathrina latitubulata Carter, 1886 accepted as Leucaltis latitubulata (Carter, 1886) (Genus transfer)
  108. Species Clathrina laxa (Kirk, 1896) accepted as Neoernsta laxa (Kirk, 1896) (Genus change)
  109. Species Clathrina minoricensis (Lackschewitz, 1886) accepted as Neoernsta minoricensis (Lackschewitz, 1886) (genus transfer)
  110. Species Clathrina nanseni (Breitfuss, 1896) accepted as Brattegardia nanseni (Breitfuss, 1896) (Genus transfer)
  111. Species Clathrina olynthus Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987 accepted as Soleneiscus olynthus (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987) (genus transfer)
  112. Species Clathrina panis (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Ascaltis panis (Haeckel, 1870) (Genus change)
  113. Species Clathrina paracerebrum Austin, 1996 accepted as Borojevia paracerebrum (Austin, 1996)
  114. Species Clathrina passionensis van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 accepted as Arturia passionensis (van Soest, Kaiser & van Syoc, 2011)
  115. Species Clathrina pelliculata (Dendy, 1891) accepted as Ascaltis pelliculata (Dendy, 1891) (Genus change)
  116. Species Clathrina poterium (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Ascaltis poterium (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
  117. Species Clathrina quadriradiata Klautau & Borojevic, 2001 accepted as Neoernsta quadriradiata (Klautau & Borojević, 2001) (Genus change)
  118. Species Clathrina reticulatus (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Ascaltis reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
  119. Species Clathrina reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Ascaltis reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
  120. Species Clathrina retiformis (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Ascaltis reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
  121. Species Clathrina sagamiana (Hôzawa, 1929) accepted as Neoernsta sagamiana (Hôzawa, 1929) (Genus change)
  122. Species Clathrina septentrionalis Rapp, Klautau & Valentine, 2001 accepted as Neoernsta septentrionalis (Rapp, Klautau & Valentine, 2001) (Genus change)
  123. Species Clathrina soyo (Hôzawa, 1933) accepted as Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)
  124. Species Clathrina spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1891) accepted as Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  125. Species Clathrina spongiosa (Kölliker, 1864) accepted as Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  126. Species Clathrina stolonifera (Dendy, 1891) accepted as Soleneiscus stolonifer (Dendy, 1891) (genus transfer)
  127. Species Clathrina sueziana Klautau & Valentine, 2003 accepted as Arturia sueziana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003)
  128. Species Clathrina sulphurea Gray, 1867 accepted as Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864) (junior synonym)
  129. Species Clathrina sulphurea sensu Carter, 1871 accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (junior synonym)
  130. Species Clathrina sulphurea (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) accepted as Arturia canariensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  131. Species Clathrina tenuipilosa (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Arturia tenuipilosa (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
  132. Species Clathrina tetractina Klautau & Borojević, 2001 accepted as Neoernsta tetractina (Klautau & Borojević, 2001)
  133. Species Clathrina tetrapodifera Klautau & Valentine, 2003 accepted as Borojevia tetrapodifera (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) (genus transfer)
  134. Species Clathrina tripodifera Carter, 1886 accepted as Dendya tripodifera (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  135. Species Clathrina ventricosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Ascoleucetta ventricosa (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Clathrina Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131729 on 2026-04-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nardoa Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ascetta Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Auloplegma Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Olynthus Haeckel, 1869) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Prosycum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucopsis Lendenfeld, 1885) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1885). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges (Continued). Part III. Preliminary description and classification of the Australian Calcispongiae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 1083-1150, pls 59-67. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Soleniscus Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191.
page(s): 244 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Guancha Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) Miklucho-Maclay, N. (1868). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Spongien I. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 4: 221-240, pls IV-V. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Clathrina</i> (Porifera, Calcarea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 139(1): 1-62. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Azevedo, F.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Willenz, P.; Hajdu, E.; Hooker, Y.; Klautau, M. (2015). Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (subclass Calcinea) from the Peruvian coast: morphology, molecules, and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 173: 787-817., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12213 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clathrina) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Guancha) (from synonym Guancha Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nardoa) (from synonym Nardoa Schmidt, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Olynthus) (from synonym Olynthus Haeckel, 1869)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Olynthus Haeckel, 1869)
To Genbank (from synonym Guancha Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
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