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

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

Description

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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

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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): 1553–1561. Bibcode:2007JMBUK..87.1553L. doi:10.1017/S0025315407056871. S2CID 85668965.

World Register of Marine Species entry