''Clathrina'' is a

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in the family Clathrinidae. Several species formerly in ''Clathrina'' were transferred to the newly erected genera ''

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'', '' Ernstia'', '' Borojevia'', and '' Brattegardia'' in 2013. The name is derived from the Latin word "''clathratus''" meaning "latticed".

Description

Species of ''Clathrina'' have a tubular organization as all species of the family Clathrinidae, with the cormus composed of anastomosed tubes. The skeleton contains spicules in the form of triactines and/or tetractines, sometimes with diactines, tripods and tetrapods as well. The

choanoderm The choanoderm is a type of cell layer composed of flagellated collar cells, or choanocytes, found in sponges. The sponge body is mostly a connective tissue; the mesohyl, over which are applied epithelioid monolayers of cells, the outer pinaco ...

is usually flat, never forming folds when the sponge is extended.

Species

There are 68 species assigned to ''Clathrina''. * '' Clathrina angraensis'' Azevedo & Klautau, 2007 * ''

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'' Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 * '' Clathrina aphrodita'' Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015 * '' Clathrina arabica'' (Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina arnesenae'' (Rapp, 2006) * '' Clathrina aurea'' Solé-Cava, Klautau, Boury-Esnault, Borojevic & Thorpe, 1991 * '' Clathrina beckingae'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 * '' Clathrina blanca'' (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) * '' Clathrina broendstedi'' Rapp, Janussen & Tendal, 2011 * '' Clathrina camura'' (Rapp, 2006) * '' Clathrina cancellata'' (Verrill, 1873) * '' Clathrina ceylonensis'' (Dendy, 1905) * '' Clathrina chrysea'' Borojevic & Klautau, 2000 * '' Clathrina clara'' Klautau & Valentine, 2003 * '' Clathrina clathrus'' (Schmidt, 1864) * '' Clathrina conifera'' Klautau & Borojevic, 2001 * '' Clathrina coriacea'' (Montagu, 1814) * '' Clathrina cribrata'' Rapp, Klautau & Valentine, 2001 * '' Clathrina curacaoensis'' Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018 * '' Clathrina cylindractina'' Klautau, Solé-Cava & Borojevic, 1994 * '' Clathrina delicata'' Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018 * '' Clathrina dictyoides'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina fjordica'' Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 * '' Clathrina flexilis'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina globulosa'' Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018 * '' Clathrina helveola'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 * '' Clathrina heronensis'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 * '' Clathrina hispanica'' Klautau & Valentine, 2003 * '' Clathrina hondurensis'' Klautau & Valentine, 2003 * '' Clathrina insularis'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 * '' Clathrina jorunnae'' Rapp, 2006 * '' Clathrina lacunosa'' (Johnston, 1842) * '' Clathrina laminoclathrata'' Carter, 1886 * '' Clathrina locunosa'' (Haeckel, 1870) * '' Clathrina lutea'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 * '' Clathrina luteoculcitella'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 * '' Clathrina macleayi'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) * '' Clathrina maremeccae'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Clathrina multiformis'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Clathrina mutabilis'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017 * '' Clathrina mutsu'' (Hôzawa, 1928) * '' Clathrina nuroensis'' Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015 * '' Clathrina osculum'' Carter, 1886 * '' Clathrina parva'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 * '' Clathrina passionensis'' van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011 * '' Clathrina pedunculata'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) * '' Clathrina pellucida'' (Rapp, 2006) * '' Clathrina peruana'' Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015 * '' Clathrina philippina'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina primordialis'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina procumbens'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) * '' Clathrina pulcherrima'' (Dendy, 1891) * '' Clathrina purpurea'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 * '' Clathrina ramosa'' (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009) * '' Clathrina repens'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Clathrina rodriguesensis'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Clathrina rotunda'' Klautau & Valentine, 2003 * '' Clathrina rotundata'' Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017 * '' Clathrina rowi'' Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017 * '' Clathrina rubra'' Sarà, 1958 * '' Clathrina sceptrum'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Clathrina sinusarabica'' Klautau & Valentine, 2003 * '' Clathrina smaragda'' Lopes, Padua, Cóndor-Luján & Klautau, 2018 * '' Clathrina sororcula'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 * '' Clathrina stipitata'' (Dendy, 1891) * '' Clathrina tendali'' Rapp, 2015 * '' Clathrina wistariensis'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 * '' Clathrina zelinhae'' Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017

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Description

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