Cliona

Translingual

Cliona celata

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cliona f

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

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