Clionaidae
Cliona celata Grant, 1826
Cliona celata Grant, 1826
Cliona celata is a worldwide boring marine sponge that is a pollution indicator and leuconoid filter feeder.
Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)
Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)
Cliona viridis is a common excavating sponge with color from symbiotic zooxanthellae, found across several oceans at depths to 367 meters.
Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Cliona californiana (the yellow boring sponge) is a distinctive Pacific sponge that bores into mollusc shells and is considered a pest by shellfish farmers.
Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
Spheciospongia vesparium, the loggerhead sponge, is a massive Caribbean sponge that acts as habitat and controls cyanobacteria blooms.
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