African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cliona Grant, 1826

Cliona cf. celata Grant, 1826

AphiaID

132026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132026)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851

Original name

Cliona Grant, 1826

Synonymised names

Anthosigmella Topsent, 1918 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Osculina Schmidt, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Sapline Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Vioa Nardo, 1839 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Cliona adriatica Calcinai, Bavestrello, Cuttone & Cerrano, 2011
Species Cliona aethiopicus Burton, 1932
Species Cliona amplicavata Rützler, 1974
Species Cliona burtoni Topsent, 1932
Species Cliona celata Grant, 1826
Species Cliona dissimilis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Cliona janitrix Topsent, 1932
Species Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891
Species Cliona labiata (Keller, 1880)
Species Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849
Species Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878
Species Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900
Species Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997
Species Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981
Species Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881)
Species Cliona spissaspira Corriero & Nonnis Marzano, 2006
Species Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888
Species Cliona topsenti (Lendenfeld, 1898)
Species Cliona vermifera Hancock, 1867
Species Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Cliona albicans Volz, 1939 accepted as Volzia albicans (Volz, 1939) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona carpenteri Hancock, 1867 accepted as Pione carpenteri (Hancock, 1867) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888 (junior synonym)
Species Cliona labyrinthica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Siphonodictyon labyrinthicum (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona margaritiferae Dendy, 1905 accepted as Pione margaritiferae (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona mussae (Keller, 1891) accepted as Pione mussae (Keller, 1891) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona nigricans (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym)
Species Cliona quadrata Hancock, 1849 accepted as Cliothosa quadrata (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona rhabdophora Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Pione rhabdophora (Hentschel, 1914) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona spiralis (Johnson, 1899) accepted as Spiroxya spiralis (Johnson, 1899) (genus transfer)
Species Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of a New Zoophyte (Cliona celata Gr.) from the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1: 78-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2471191 [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Cliona Grant, 1826. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132026 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cliona Grant, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132026 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-07-26 12:02:34Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-12-12 19:27:27Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-02-23 09:31:40Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-01-28 17:22:12Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Grant, R.E. (1826). Notice of a New Zoophyte (Cliona celata Gr.) from the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1: 78-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2471191 [details]

original description (of Vioa Nardo, 1839) Nardo, G.D. 1839. Supra un nuovo genere di Spugne, le quali perforano le pietre ed i gusci marini. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto 9: 221-226. [details]

original description (of Anthosigmella Topsent, 1918) Topsent, E. (1918). Eponges de San Thomé. Essai sur les genres Spirastrella, Donatia et Chondrilla. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, Paris. 57(6): 535-618. [details]

original description (of Osculina Schmidt, 1868) Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 2-3 [details]

original description (of Sapline Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 516 [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]