Cliona celata

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 7 meters (24 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cliona alderi Hancock • Cliona celata linearis Sollas • Cliona clio (Nardo • Cliona coccinea (Nardo • Cliona globulifera Hancock • Cliona gorgonioides Hancock • Cliona griffithsii (Bowerbank • Cliona hystrix (Johnston • Cliona pasithea (Nardo • Cliona tenebrosus (Bowerbank • Cliona terebrans (Duvernoy • Halichondria hystrix Johnston • Hymeniacidon tenebrosus Bowerbank • Raphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank • Spongia peziza Bosc • Spongia sulphurea Desor • Spongia terebrans Duvernoy • Vioa clio Nardo • Vioa coccinea Nardo • Vioa dujardini Nardo • Vioa pasithea Nardo • Vioa typica Nardo

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: UC London Type locality : Irish Sea Additional Material South Africa: Material SAM-H4889 (Ts 203), South Paw, Oudekraal (33°56’S, 17°1’E), depth 17–20 m , collected by P. Coetzee, April 1996. Ts 379, Groenrivier, west coast (30°29’S, 17°20’E), depth 2–3 m, collected by T. Samaai, 15 November 1997. Ts 401, Hotnot Point , Namibia (26°10’S, 14°50’E), depth 17 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Ts 405, Hottentots Bay , Lüderitz, Namibia (26°10’S, 14°51’E), depth 5 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Ts 411, South of Gibraltar Rock, Lüderitz, Namibia (26°01’S, 14°50’E), depth 7–12 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Wd 12.1, Black Rock, Lüderitz (24°50’S, 14°40’E), depth 10–17 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Wd 18.1, North of Gibraltar Rock, Lüderitz, Namibia (26°01’S, 14°50’E), depth 12 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Wd 26, 27, 28, 29.1, Gallovidia, Lüderitz, Namibia (26°01’S, 14°53’E), depth 10–17 m, collected by NSFRI, 20 March 1998. Morphology: Morphology: colour bright sulfur yellow; strong stench Specimen: M.R.A.C. no 507 G

Last scrutiny: 09-Sep-2005

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Members of the genus Cliona

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C. celata (Boring Sponge)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:

• GBIF-Sweden: Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: BioMar
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MedOBIS
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
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• NLBIF: Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Porifera
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• UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset (version 1) commissioned by UKOOA
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR provider service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2678501
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Por-134121
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2222367
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 48524
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 449309

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 216.830 based on 1,735 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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