Cliona celata   Grant,  1826 (Sponge)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order:Hadromerida
Family:Clionaidae

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Description
Size (diameter): 200 mm

Color: Bright sulfur yellow

Asexual reproduction by buds and gemmules and sexual reproduction (internally) by eggs and sperm; free-swimming cilated larvae (in general, most species are believed to be hermaphroditic but may not produce male and female gametes simultaneously).

Synonym (s)
• Cliona alderi Hancock, 1849
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona angulata Hancock, 1849
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona celata linearis Sollas, 1878
• Cliona clio (Nardo, 1839)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona globulifera Hancock, 1867
• Cliona gorgonioides Hancock, 1849
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona hystrix (Johnston, 1842)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona pasithea (Nardo, 1839)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona tenebrosus (Bowerbank, 1882)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona terebrans (Duvernoy, 1840)
(Junior Synonym)
• Cliona typica (Nardo, 1833)
(Junior Synonym)
• Halichondria celata (Grant, 1826)
(Genus transfer)
• Halichondria hystrix Johnston, 1842
(Genus transfer and Junior Synonym)
• Hymeniacidon celata (Grant, 1826)
(Reverted Genus Transfer)
• Hymeniacidon celatus (Grant, 1826)
(Reverted Genus transfer and wrong species encoding)
• Hymeniacidon tenebrosus Bowerbank, 1822
(Genus transfer & Junior Synonym)
• Raphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866
(Junior Synonym)
• Rhaphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866
• Spongia peziza Bosc, 1802
• Spongia sulphurea Desor, 1851
• Spongia terebrans Duvernoy, 1849
• Suberites griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866
• Vioa celata (Grant, 1826)
• Vioa clio Nard, 1839
(Nomen nudum & oblitum)
• Vioa coccinea Nardo, 1839
(Nomen nudum & oblitum)
• Vioa dujardini Nardo, 1844
• Vioa pasithea Nardo, 1839
(Nomen nudum & oblitum)
• Vioa typica Nardo, 1833
(Nomen nudum & oblitum)
Common Name (s)
• Boring Sponge (English)
• Yellow Boring Sponge (English)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Demersal, Rocky, Coastal
Trophic Level:  Consumer
Prey:  Plankters, detritus
Predator:  Crabs, snails, nudibranchs
Biogeography


• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti (Lat: 10.57) (Long: 72.62) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Suheli (Lat: 10.08) (Long: 72.28) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kalpeni (Lat: 10.08) (Long: 73.65) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Andrott (Lat: 10.83) (Long: 73.68) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Minicoy (Lat: 11) (Long: 72.5) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Amini (Lat: 11.12) (Long: 72.73) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Agatti (Lat: 10.83) (Long: 72.2) INDIA
• Bay of Bengal INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• West Coast INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Palk Bay INDIA
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Minicoy INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kalpeni INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Suheli INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Andrott INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Amini INDIA
• INDIA
Literature Source(s)
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  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Marine Biological Station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (2003) Checklist of marine fauna of Tamil Nadu Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in
  • Dr. Ramesh, R; Dr. Nammalwar, P and Dr. Gowri, VS (2008) Database on coastal information of Tamil Nadu Report Submitted to Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in/PDF/coastal%20data.pdf
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  • James, PSBR ; Thomas, PA ; Pillai, CSG and Achari Kumaraswamy, GP (1969) Catalogue of types and of sponges, corals, polychaetes, crabs and echinoderms in the reference collections of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI, Cochin 7 1-66 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/567/1/Bulletin_7.pdf
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