Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Hadromerida > Family Clionaidae > Genus Cliona

Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cliona*	Grant, 1826	accepted genus name
*Papillina*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Vioa*	Nardo, 1839	synonym

Species group names

*Papillina nigricans*	Schmidt, 1862	basionym
*Vioa viridis*	Schmidt, 1862	basionym
*Cliona copiosa*	Sarà, 1959	synonym
*Cliona nigricans*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Cliona suberea*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Cliona tremitensis*	Sarà, 1961	synonym
*Papillina nigricans*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Vioa viridis*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: esponja perforant verda sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: groene boorspons sources: Bergbauer, M.; Humberg, B. (2001). Gids flora en fauna van de Middellandse Zee [Guide to the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean Sea]. Tirion Natuur: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-423-9. 319 pp.

French: clione verte

Spanish, Castillian: esponja perforante verde

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
basis of record	Rosell, D. & Uriz, M. J. 2002. Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 1-32
additional source	Mustapha, K.B., Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003. Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. Bull. Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103
additional source	Lévi, C. 1957a. Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 6 B(3-4): 201-212.
misapplication	Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Sponge Barcoding Database (Cliona viridis)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Cliona viridis)
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GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Cliona viridis. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134146