Cliona
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Scottish zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1826, from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “shut”).
Proper noun edit
Cliona f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Clionaidae – many demosponges.
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Cliona celata (red boring sponge) - type species; Cliona patera (Neptune's cup) - selected other species
References edit
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
