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Clathria

Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.

Taxonomy

Clathria was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea"). The type species is Clathria (Clathria) compressa.

The genus is divided into several subgenera:

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Clathria:

Subgenus Axosuberites <small>Topsent, 1893</small>
Subgenus Clathria <small>Schmidt, 1862</small>
Subgenus Cornulotrocha <small>Topsent, 1927</small>
Subgenus Dendrocia <small>Hallmann, 1920</small>
Subgenus Isociella <small>Hallmann, 1920</small>
Subgenus Microciona <small>Bowerbank, 1862</small>
Subgenus Paresperia <small>Burton, 1930</small>
Subgenus Thalysias <small>Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864</small>
Subgenus Wilsonella <small>Carter, 1885</small>
Subgenus unassigned

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