NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Clionaidae
  Order - Hadromerida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cliona celata
      Species - Cliona lobata
      Species - Cliona truitti
      Species - Cliona vastifica
      Species - Cliona caribbaea
      Species - Cliona viriotis
      Species - Cliona lampa
      Species - Cliona delitrix
      Species - Cliona schmidti
      Species - Cliona argus
      Species - Cliona abyssorum
      Species - Cliona levispira
      Species - Cliona pruvoti
      Species - Cliona varians