Clionaidae is a
family
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of
ectoparasitic demosponge
Demosponges or common sponges are sponges of the class Demospongiae (from + ), the most diverse group in the phylum Porifera which include greater than 90% of all extant sponges with nearly 8,800 species
A species () is often de ...
s which are found worldwide.
This group of sponges are well known for boring holes in calcareous material such as
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
shells and
coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
skeletons, using both chemical and mechanical processes.
[Brusca, R.C. & Brusca, G.J. 2002. ''Invertebrates Second Edition'' Sinauer Associates. ][Hooper J.N & van Soest R.W.M.(eds). 2002. ''Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges'' Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York]
Genera
Genera within this family include:
* ''
Cervicornia''
Rützler & Hooper, 2000
* ''
Cliona''
Grant, 1826
* ''
Clionaopsis''
Rützler, 2002
* ''
Cliothosa''
Topsent, 1905
* ''
Dotona''
Carter, 1880
* ''
Pione''
Gray, 1867
* ''
Scolopes''
Sollas, 1888
* ''
Spheciospongia''
Marshall, 1892
* ''
Spiroxya''
Topsent, 1896
* ''
Volzia''
Rosell & Uriz, 1997
References
Hadromerida
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