Cliona

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Translingual

Cliona celata

Etymology

Coined by Scottish zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1826, from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, shut).

Proper noun

Cliona f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clionaidae – many demosponges.

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