Clathrina blanca
| Clathrina blanca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Clathrinidae |
| Genus: | Clathrina |
| Species: | C. blanca
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| Binomial name | |
| Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay), 1868
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| Synonyms | |
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Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868 | |
Clathrina blanca is a species of Calcareous sponge in the genus Clathrina.
It was discovered in 1867 and published in 1868 by Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, on an expedition to the Canary Islands with Ernst Haeckel.[1] Miklouho-Maclay classified it as Guancha blanca; the species name refers to its "lustrous white color",[2] and the Guanches were indigenous people of the Canaries.[3] Haeckel soon after recategorized it into seven different genera,[2] including Ascetta blanca.[1] Multiple rediscoveries in different locations with different names followed, including Ascetta macleayi from Australia (Von Lendenfeld 1885), and Leucosolenia stipitata from Victoria (Dendy 1891). It has also been observed in California, and since 1937 it has been classified as Clathrina blanca.[2]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b Reynolds, Andrew S. (March 2019). "Ernst Haeckel and the philosophy of sponges". Theory in Biosciences. 138 (1): 133–146. doi:10.1007/s12064-019-00286-2.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Marion Fischel (August 1978). "A comparative study of the external form and skeleton of the calcareous sponges Clathrina coriacea and Clathrina blanca from Santa Catalina Island, California". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 56 (8): 1669–1677. doi:10.1139/z78-230.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 650–651.
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