Species under Cliona
n= 29
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Cliona albimarginata
Calcinai, Cerrano, Sàra, Bavestrello, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Cliona aprica
Pang, 1973
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona arenosa
(Schmidt, 1870)
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona californiana
de Laubenfels, 1932
California boring horny sponge Northeast Pacific
Cliona caribbaea
Carter, 1882
Western Central Atlantic 0.2
Cliona celata
Grant, 1826
Pumpkin colored sponge Worldwide 30
Cliona chilensis
Thiele, 1905
Boring pumpkin sponge Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Cliona delitrix
Pang, 1973
Red boring sponge Western Central Atlantic
Cliona dichotoma
Calcinai, Cerrano, Sàra, Bavestrello, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona ensifera
Sollas, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona euryphylle
Topsent, 1888
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona favus
Calcinai, Cerrano, Sàra, Bavestrello, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Cliona jullieni
Topsent, 1891
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona kempi
Annandale, 1915
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona langae
Pang, 1973
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona liangae
Calcinai, Cerrano, Sàra, Bavestrello, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Cliona lobata
Hancock, 1849
Lobate boring horny sponge Northeast Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Ocean
Cliona mucronata
Sollas, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona orientalis
Thiele, 1900
Indo-West Pacific
Cliona patera
(Hardwicke, 1822)
Western Central Pacific 100
Cliona raphida
Boury-Esnault, 1973
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona schmidti
(Ridley, 1881)
Western Central Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Cliona tenuis
Zea & Weil, 2003
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona undulata
(George & Wilson, 1919)
Western Central Atlantic
Cliona utricularis
Calcinai, Cerrano, Sàra, Bavestrello, 2000
Western Central Pacific
Cliona valentis
(de Laubenfels, 1957)
Eastern Central Pacific
Cliona varians
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Brown variable sponge Western Central Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific
Cliona vermifera
Hancock, 1867
Worldwide
Cliona viridis
(Schmidt, 1862)
Western Central Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
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