WoRMS taxon details
original description
Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII. [details]
original description
(of Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Rosell, D.; Uriz, M.J. (2002). Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 2, 55-86. page(s): 78; fig 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
Unknown type MNHN DT 2538, verbatimGeounit shell, locality unkn... [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The synonymy of C. thoosina and C. cretensis suggested by Rosell & Uriz (2002) is compromised by the fact that apparently the origin of C. thoosina is unknown or at least (as can be deduced from the labels with the type) non-Mediterranean. The two types should be compared. [details]
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