title: Cliona
text: # Cliona
  
  Cliona is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species in this genus include:
  
  * Cliona acephala Zea & López-Victoria, 2016
  * Cliona adriatica Calcinai, Bavestrello, Cuttone & Cerrano, 2011
  * Cliona aethiopicus Burton, 1932
  * Cliona albimarginata Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005
  * Cliona amplicavata Rützler, 1974
  * Cliona annulifera Annandale, 1915
  * Cliona aprica Pang, 1973
  * Cliona argus Thiele, 1898
  * Cliona barbadensis Holmes, 2000
  * Cliona burtoni Topsent, 1932
  * Cliona caesia (Schönberg, 2000)
  * Cliona caledoniae van Soest & Beglinger, 2009
  * Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
  * Cliona caribbaea Carter, 1882
  * Cliona carteri (Ridley, 1881)
  * Cliona celata Grant, 1826
  * Cliona chilensis Thiele, 1905
  * Cliona delitrix Pang, 1973
  * Cliona desimoni Bavestrello, Calcinai & Sarà, 1995
  * Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950)
  * Cliona dissimilis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  * Cliona diversityla Sarà, 1978
  * Cliona dubbia (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  * Cliona ecaudis Topsent, 1932
  * Cliona ensifera Sollas, 1878
  * Cliona euryphylle Topsent, 1888
  * Cliona favus Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005
  * Cliona flavifodina Rützler, 1974
  * Cliona infrafoliata (Thiele, 1898)
  * Cliona insidiosa Hancock, 1849
  * Cliona janitrix Topsent, 1932
  * Cliona johannae Topsent, 1932
  * Cliona johnstoni (Carter, 1886)
  * Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891
  * Cliona kempi Annandale, 1915
  * Cliona labiata (Keller, 1880)
  * Cliona langae Pang, 1973
  * Cliona latens (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  * Cliona laticavicola Pang, 1973
  * Cliona lesueuri Topsent, 1888
  * Cliona liangae Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005
  * Cliona lisa Cuartas, 1991
  * Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849
  * Cliona macgeachi Holmes, 2000
  * Cliona medinae Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011
  * Cliona michelini Topsent, 1887
  * Cliona microstrongylata Carballo & Cruz-Barra, 2005
  * Cliona millepunctata Hancock, 1849
  * Cliona minuscula Schönberg, Grass & Heiermann, 2006
  * Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878
  * Cliona nodulosa Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000
  * Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900
  * Cliona papillae Carballo, Cruz-Barra & Gomez, 2004
  * Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997
  * Cliona patera (Hardwicke, 1822)
  * Cliona paucispina Rützler, 1974
  * Cliona peponacea Pang, 1973
  * Cliona phallica Leidy, 1889
  * Cliona pocillopora Bautista-Guerrero, Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Nava, 2006
  * Cliona radiata Hancock, 1849
  * Cliona raphida Boury-Esnault, 1973
  * Cliona raromicrosclera (Dickinson, 1945)
  * Cliona reticulata Ise & Fujita, 2005
  * Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981
  * Cliona schmidti (Ridley, 1881)
  * Cliona spissaspira Corriero & Nonnis Marzano, 2006
  * Cliona subulata Sollas, 1878
  * Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003
  * Cliona thomasi Mote, Schönberg, Samaai, Gupta, Ingole, 2019
  * Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888
  * Cliona tinctoria Schönberg, 2000
  * Cliona topsenti (Lendenfeld, 1897)
  * Cliona tropicalis Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011
  * Cliona tumula Friday, Poppell & Hill, 2013
  * Cliona undulata (George & Wilson, 1919)
  * Cliona utricularis Calcinai, Bavestrello & Cerrano, 2005
  * Cliona valentis (de Laubenfels, 1957)
  * Cliona vallartense Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gomez, 2004
  * Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  * Cliona vermifera Hancock, 1867
  * Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862)
  