Cliona celata

Cliona celata, occasionally called the boring sponge, is a species of demosponge belonging the family Clionaidae.[1] It is found worldwide. This sponge creates round holes up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter in limestone or the shells of molluscs, especially oysters. The sponge itself is often visible as a rather featureless yellow or orange lump at the bottom of the hole.

Cliona celata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Clionaida
Family: Clionaidae
Genus: Cliona
Species:
C. celata
Binomial name
Cliona celata
Grant, 1826
Synonyms
List
  • Cliona alderi Hancock, 1849
  • Cliona angulata Hancock, 1849
  • Cliona clio (Nardo, 1839)
  • Cliona coccinea (Nardo, 1839)
  • Cliona globulifera Hancock, 1867
  • Cliona gorgonioides Hancock, 1849
  • Cliona griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866)
  • Cliona hystrix (Johnston, 1842)
  • Cliona pasithea (Nardo, 1839)
  • Cliona sulphurea (Desor, 1851)
  • Cliona tenebrosus (Bowerbank, 1882)
  • Cliona terebrans (Duvernoy, 1840)
  • Cliona typica (Nardo, 1833)
  • Halichondria celata (Grant, 1826)
  • Halichondria hystrix Johnston, 1842
  • Hymeniacidon celata (Grant, 1826)
  • Hymeniacidon celatus (Grant, 1826)
  • Hymeniacidon tenebrosus Bowerbank, 1882
  • Pione typica (Nardo, 1833)
  • Raphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866
  • Rhaphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866
  • Spongia peziza Bosc, 1802
  • Spongia sulphurea Desor, 1851
  • Spongia terebrans Duvernoy, 1840
  • Suberites griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866)
  • Vioa celata (Grant, 1826)
  • Vioa clio Nardo, 1839
  • Vioa coccinea Nardo, 1839
  • Vioa dujardini Nardo, 1844
  • Vioa pasithea Nardo, 1839
  • Vioa typica Nardo, 1833

Habitat

These sponges are common in southern New England and in Narragansett Bay. They also live in the Bahamas and the western Atlantic Ocean. They usually live in lagoons or on reefs. They will sometimes make their home on dead mollusks or other shelled creatures.

Reproduction

This animal can reproduce asexually and sexually. They can simply separate by mitosis, as single cells do, or they can release sperm into the water in hopes of them finding a female's eggs. They may also attach their larvae onto mollusks like clams and mussels. This usually results in the death of the host. They then will begin to grow and colonize. .

References
  1. Hansson, H.G. (Comp.), 1999. NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian marine Porifera (Spongiaria) Check- List. Internet pdf Ed., June 1999. m .


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