Class Calcarea Rank Species | Phylum Porifera | |
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Clathrina fjordica is a species of calcareous sponge of the genus Clathrina from Chile. The species is named after Comau Fjord, the type locality.
Description
Cormus fragile, the holotype is 60 x 45 x 7 mm. It is composed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes. Water-collecting tubes are present. The skeleton has no special organisation, and it is composed of only one category of triactine varying from cylindrical to conical actines.
References
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