Spongia is a genus of marine in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species.
Classification
The following species are recognised in the genus
Spongia:
- Subgenus unassigned
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Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia alpheusi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia hyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia jeanbaptistei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia lacinulosa Lamarck, 1814
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Spongia lamarcki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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† Spongia mantelli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia muricata sensu Linnaeus, 1759
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Spongia solidahyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia stellifera Lamarck, 1814
- Subgenus Australospongia Cook & Bergquist, 2001
- Subgenus Heterofibria Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Spongia catarinensis Mothes, Kasper, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2006
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Spongia corallina Kim & Sim, 2009
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Spongia corrugata Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Spongia decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia gorgonocephalus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Spongia manipulatus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Spongia mokohinau Cook & Bergquist, 2001
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Spongia peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020
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Spongia purpurea Kim & Sim, 2009
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Spongia smaragdus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
- Subgenus Spongia
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Spongia adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
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Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766
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Spongia anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
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Spongia arabica arabica Keller, 1889
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Spongia australis Bergquist, 1995
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Spongia bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
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Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Spongia bibulus Rao, 1941
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Spongia brunnea Lévi, 1969
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Spongia cerebralis Thiele, 1905
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Spongia ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
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Spongia coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Spongia conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
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Spongia cookii Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia distans (Schulz, 1900)
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Spongia excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia hispida Lamarck, 1814
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Spongia hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
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Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879)
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Spongia lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
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Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
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Spongia magellanica Thiele, 1905
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Spongia matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
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Spongia mexicana Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia mollicula Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862
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Spongia nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
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Spongia obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Spongia obscura Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia oceanica de Laubenfels, 1950
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Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
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Spongia osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia osculosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia perforata(Lendenfeld, 1889)
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Spongia pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
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Spongia raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Spongia reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
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Spongia solitaria Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888)
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Spongia sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
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Spongia suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
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Spongia sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
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Spongia tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
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Spongia tectoria Hyatt, 1877
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Spongia tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
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Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
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Spongia violacea Lévi, 1969
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Spongia virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
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Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862
