Clathrina coriacea
Clathrina coriacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Calcarea |
Subclass: | Calcinea |
Order: | Clathrinida |
Family: | Clathrinidae |
Genus: | Clathrina |
Species: | C. coriacea |
Binomial name | |
Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) | |
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Clathrina coriacea is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Clathrinidae.
This species occurs as flat white or yellow encrustations up to 3 cm in diameter with a central osculum. Close inspection reveals a tightly-knit latticework of tubes. The spicules are all of a similar shape, three-rayed triactines.
This is largely a shallow-water species though it has been recorded at depths of up to 650 m. The substrate is often rock but this sponge is also common on kelp holdfasts and on other sponge species.
This species is found along east Atlantic coasts from the Arctic all the way to South Africa.
Ecology
Within the island of Sal in Cape Verde, the calcareous sponge probably being fed by the nudibranch Aegires evorae.
References
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