Clathrina conifera explained

Clathrina conifera is a species of calcareous sponge from Brazil.[1] The species name refers to the cone-shaped appearance of the triactines.

Description

Cormus formed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes, white in life and beige when preserved. Water-collecting tubes are absent. The skeleton is composed only of triactines without any special organisation. They are equiradiate and equiangular. Actines are conical and straight with blunt tips.[2]

References

World Register of Marine Species entry

Notes and References

  1. Klautau . Borojevic . 2001 . Calcareous sponges from Arraial do Cabo-Brazil (1: the genus Clathrina) . Zoosystema . 23 . 295–410.
  2. Lanna. Emílio. Rossi, André Linhares . Cavalcanti, Fernanda F. . Hajdu, Eduardo . Klautau, Michelle . Calcareous sponges from São Paulo State, Brazil (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) with the description of two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 3 December 2007. 87. 6. 1553–1561 . 10.1017/S0025315407056871. 2007JMBUK..87.1553L . 85668965 .

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