''Clathria elegans'' is a species of
sea sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
in the family
Microcionidae
Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Subdivisions
The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae:
* Subfamily Microcioninae Carter 1875
** ''Clathria'' Schmidt, 1862
** '' Echinochalina'' Thiele, 1903
** ''Holop ...
. It is found in the United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
It was first described in 1880 by
Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer.
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References
Poecilosclerida
Sponges described in 1880
Taxa named by Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer
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