ERMS taxon details
Cliona Grant, 1826
132026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132026)
accepted
Genus
Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (type by monotypy)
Papillina Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Vioa Nardo, 1839 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona burtoni Topsent, 1932
- Species Cliona caledoniae van Soest & Beglinger, 2009
- Species Cliona celata Grant, 1826
- Species Cliona janitrix Topsent, 1932
- Species Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849
- Species Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997
- Species Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981
- Species Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881)
- Species Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888
- Species Cliona topsenti (Lendenfeld, 1898)
- Species Cliona vermifera Hancock, 1867
- Species Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Cliona abyssorum Carter, 1874 accepted as Spiroxya abyssorum (Carter, 1874) (genus transfer)
- Species Cliona albicans Volz, 1939 accepted as Volzia albicans (Volz, 1939) (genus transfer)
- Species Cliona alderi Hancock, 1849 accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona angulata Hancock, 1849 accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona copiosa Sarà, 1959 accepted as Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona gorgonioides Hancock, 1849 accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona howsei Hancock, 1849 accepted as Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona hystrix (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898) (genus transfer)
- Species Cliona nigricans (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona pruvoti Topsent, 1900 accepted as Spiroxya pruvoti (Topsent, 1900)
- Species Cliona rovignensis Volz, 1939 accepted as Volzia rovignensis (Volz, 1939) (genus transfer)
- Species Cliona sarai Melone, 1965 accepted as Spiroxya sarai (Melone, 1965)
- Species Cliona stationis (Nassonow, 1883) accepted as Pione stationis (Nassonow, 1883) (genus transfer)
- Species Cliona suberea (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona tenebrosus (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona terebrans (Duvernoy, 1840) accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona tremitensis Sarà, 1961 accepted as Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona typica (Nardo, 1833) accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
- Species Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of a New Zoophyte (<i>Cliona celata</i> Gr.) from the Firth of Forth. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 1: 78-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2471191 [details] 
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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Cliona Grant, 1826. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132026 on 2025-05-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cliona Grant, 1826. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132026 on 2025-05-12
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original description
Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of a New Zoophyte (<i>Cliona celata</i> Gr.) from the Firth of Forth. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 1: 78-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2471191 [details]
original description (of Vioa Nardo, 1839) Nardo, G.D. 1839. Supra un nuovo genere di Spugne, le quali perforano le pietre ed i gusci marini. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto 9: 221-226. [details]
original description (of Papillina Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 516 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
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 RoR) [details]
original description (of Vioa Nardo, 1839) Nardo, G.D. 1839. Supra un nuovo genere di Spugne, le quali perforano le pietre ed i gusci marini. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto 9: 221-226. [details]
original description (of Papillina Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 516 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
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 RoR) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
