Clathrina conifera

Clathrina conifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Clathrinida
Family:	Clathrinidae
Genus:	Clathrina
Species:	C. conifera
Binomial name
	Clathrina conifera; Klautau & Borojevic, 2001

Clathrina conifera is a species of calcareous sponge from Brazil.[1] The species name refers to the cone-shaped appearance of the triactines.

Description

Cormus formed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes, white in life and beige when preserved. Water-collecting tubes are absent. The skeleton is composed only of triactines without any special organisation. They are equiradiate and equiangular. Actines are conical and straight with blunt tips.[2]

References

Klautau; Borojevic (2001). "Calcareous sponges from Arraial do Cabo-Brazil (1: the genus Clathrina)". Zoosystema. 23: 295–410.
Lanna, Emílio; Rossi, André Linhares; Cavalcanti, Fernanda F.; Hajdu, Eduardo; Klautau, Michelle (3 December 2007). "Calcareous sponges from São Paulo State, Brazil (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) with the description of two new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 87 (6). doi:10.1017/S0025315407056871.

World Register of Marine Species entry

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[1] Klautau; Borojevic (2001). "Calcareous sponges from Arraial do Cabo-Brazil (1: the genus Clathrina)". Zoosystema. 23: 295–410.

[2] Lanna, Emílio; Rossi, André Linhares; Cavalcanti, Fernanda F.; Hajdu, Eduardo; Klautau, Michelle (3 December 2007). "Calcareous sponges from São Paulo State, Brazil (Porifera: Calcarea: Calcinea) with the description of two new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 87 (6). doi:10.1017/S0025315407056871.