Clionaidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are sponges with a soft body that covers a har ...
s which are found worldwide.
This family is known for
parasitically boring holes in calcareous material such as
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
shells and
coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...
s, 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
''Cliona'' is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* '' Cliona acephala'' Zea & López-Victoria, 2016
* '' Cliona adriatica'' Calcinai, Bavestrell ...
''
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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