Cliona

== Translingual == === Etymology === Coined by Scottish zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1826, from Ancient Greek κλείω (kleíō, “shut”). === Proper noun === Cliona f A taxonomic genus within the family Clionaidae – many demosponges. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Cliona celata (red boring sponge) - type species; Cliona patera (Neptune's cup) - selected other species === References === Cliona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cliona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cliona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Cliona at World Register of Marine Species R.E. Grant (1826), “Notice of a New Zoophyte (Cliona celata Gr.) from the Firth of Forth”, in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 1, pages 78-81 == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish Clíona. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Cliona A female given name from Irish.