# 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)