Clathrina

Clathrina
Clathrina clathrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Clathrinidae
Genus: Clathrina
Gray, 1867[1]
Synonyms
  • Ascetta Haeckel, 1872
  • Ascilla Haeckel, 1872
  • Guancha Miklucho-Maclay, 1868
  • Nardoa Schmidt, 1862 (non Gray, 1840)
  • Proscyum Haeckel, 1870

Clathrina is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae. Several species formerly in Clathrina were transferred to the newly erected genera Arturia, Ernstia, Borojevia, and Brattegardia in 2013.[2] The name is derived from the Latin word "clathratus" meaning "latticed".

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference worms was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Klautau, Michelle; Azevedo, Fernanda; Cóndor-Luján, Báslavi; Rapp, Hans Tore; Collins, Allen; Russo, Claudia Augusta de Moraes (2013). "A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53 (3): 447–461. doi:10.1093/icb/ict039. PMID 23704365.