Cliothosas sp. Pumpkin colored sponge, red boring sponge

Cliothosas Sp.

Expose portion appears as yellow papillae; the rest of the body buried in substrate, i.e., individual cells secret material that fragments small pieces of the sponges into the substrate Bores into abalone, oyster and barnacle shells.
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Synonymised names:
Cliona alderi Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona angulata Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona celata var. linearis Sollas, 1878 (junior synonym)
Cliona clio (Nardo, 1839) (junior synonym)
Cliona coccinea (Nardo, 1839) (junior synonym)
Cliona globulifera Hancock, 1867 (junior synonym)
Cliona gorgonioides Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Cliona hystrix (Johnston, 1842) (junior synonym)
Cliona pasithea (Nardo, 1839) (junior synonym)
Cliona sulphurea (Desor, 1851) (junior synonymy (decision Leidy 1889))
Cliona tenebrosus (Bowerbank, 1882) (junior synonym)
Cliona terebrans (Duvernoy, 1840) (junior synonym)
Cliona typica (Nardo, 1833) (junior synonym)
Halichondria celata (Grant, 1826)· accepted, alternate representation (genus transfer)
Halichondria hystrix Johnston, 1842· accepted, alternate representation (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon celata (Grant, 1826) (reverted genus transfer)
Hymeniacidon celatus (Grant, 1826) (reverted genus transfer and wrong species ending)
Hymeniacidon tenebrosus Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Pione typica (Nardo, 1833) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Raphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866 (junior synonym)
Rhaphyrus griffithsii Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia peziza Bosc, 1802 (genus transfer and nomen oblitum)
Spongia sulphurea Desor, 1851 (genus transfer by Verrill (1873))
Spongia terebrans Duvernoy, 1840 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Suberites griffithsii (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa celata (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer)
Vioa clio Nardo, 1839 (nomen nudum & oblitum)
Vioa coccinea Nardo, 1839 (nomen nudum & oblitum)
Vioa dujardini Nardo, 1844 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa pasithea Nardo, 1839 (nomen nudum & oblitum)
Vioa typica Nardo, 1833 (genus transfer and nomen oblitum)

Direct children (2):
Variety Cliona celata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 (status change)
Variety Cliona celata var. linearis Sollas, 1878 accepted as Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)