Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Clathrina andreusi
Esponja, Sponge
This is a commonly occurring species found at Sin Nombre, Floreana (La Botella), Pinzon, Santiago (Caleta Bucanero), San Cristóbal and Isabela (Punta Vicente Roca); found growing on rock at depth between 6-21m (Hickman, et al. 2021).
Named for co-author Cleveland Hickman’s deceased son Andrew, a biologist who accompanied him on numerous research trips to the Galápagos Archipelago (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Calcarea
Order
Clathrinida
Family
Clathrinidae
Genus
Clathrina
Species
andreusi
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MCCDRS9406, Nameless Island, 0.67° S, 90.586° W, 21 m, 9 Aug 2003; Paratype: MCCDRS9407, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, 0.049° S, 91.558° W, 5–12 m, 19 June 2001; Type locality: Nameless Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Nameless Island and Punta Vicente Roca-Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Clathrina andreusi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18815. Accessed 31 October 2026.