Clathrina fjordica

Clathrina fjordica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Clathrinidae
Genus: Clathrina
Species: C. fjordica
Binomial name
Clathrina fjordica
Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009

Clathrina fjordica is a species of calcareous sponge of the genus Clathrina from Chile. The species is named after Comau Fjord, the type locality.

Description

Cormus fragile, the holotype is 60 x 45 x 7 mm. It is composed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes. Water-collecting tubes are present. The skeleton has no special organisation, and it is composed of only one category of triactine varying from cylindrical to conical actines.[1]

References

  1. Azevedo, Fernanda; Hajdu, Eduardo; Willenz, Phillipe; Klautau, Michelle (2009). "New records of Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Chilean coast". Zootaxa. 2072: 1–30.

World Register of Marine Species entry


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