Cliona

Translingual

Cliona celata

Etymology

Coined by Scottish zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1826, from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “shut”).

Proper noun

Cliona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clionaidae – many demosponges.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cliona celata (red boring sponge) - type species; Cliona patera (Neptune's cup) - selected other species

References

• Cliona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cliona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cliona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cliona at World Register of Marine Species
• R.E. Grant (1826) “Notice of a New Zoophyte (Cliona celata Gr.) from the Firth of Forth”, in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 1, pages 78-81