Cliona celata: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Clionaida
Family: Clionaidae
Genus: Cliona
Species: Cliona celata
Scientific Name: Cliona celata

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cliona celata

Cliona celata, occasionally called the boring sponge, is a species of demosponge belonging the family Clionaidae. It is found worldwide. This sponge bores 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 in languages:

Czech: houba sírová
Dutch: Boorspons
Dutch: Gele boorspons
English: Sulphur Boring Sponge
English: Red Boring Sponge
French: Clione jaune
Galician: Esponxa furadora amarela
German: Gelber Bohrschwamm
Italian: Cliona gialla
Japanese: カクレセンコウカイメン

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