Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Clionaida > Family Clionaidae > Genus Cliona

Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cliona*	Grant, 1826	accepted genus name
*Rhaphyrus*	Bowerbank, 1864	orthographic variant
*Papillina*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Vioa*	Nardo, 1839	synonym

Literature

original description	Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L. (1997). Cliona parenzani n.sp. (Porifera, Hadromerida) from the Ionian Sea. Italian Journal of Zoology. 64: 69-73.
additional source	Vacelet, J.; Bitar, G.; Dailianis, T.; Zibrowius, H.; Pérez, T. (2008). A large encrusting clionaid sponge in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology. 29, 237-246.
additional source	Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 4450(5): 594.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170466