Clathrina primordialis sensu Jenkin, 1908

Van, Rob W. M. & De, Nicole J., 2018, Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Zootaxa 4426 (1), pp. 1-160 : 151

Clathrina primordialis sensu Jenkin, 1908

Jenkin (1908: 436) gave a short description of specimens of Clathrina with actines of 160–180 x 16–20 µm. He assigned these to Haeckel’s Clathrina primordialis (originally as Ascetta ). This species is reported widely in the literature but it was recently restricted to the Mediterranean ( Klautau & Valentine, 2003; Klautau et al. 2016). The spicule sizes of Jenkin’s material could indicate membership of above described Clathrina sinusarabica Klautau & Valentine, 2003 , but the short description is insufficient for a definite conclusion.