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Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)
Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)

131759  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131759)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Keratosa (Subclass)
  6. Dictyoceratida (Order)
  7. Spongiidae (Family)
  8. Spongia (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Spongia (Australospongia) Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    1. Species Spongia (Australospongia) gracilis Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  2. Subgenus Spongia (Heterofibria) Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    1. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) catarinensis Mothes & Lerner, 2006
    2. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) corallina Kim & Sim, 2009
    3. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) corrugata Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    4. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    5. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) gorgonocephalus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    6. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) manipulatus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    7. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) mokohinau Cook & Bergquist, 2001
    8. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020
    9. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) purpurea Kim & Sim, 2009
    10. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) smaragdus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
    11. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) sucrensis David-Colón & Marín-Casas, 2020
    12. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) biformis Kelly, 2009 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    13. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) cooki Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019 accepted as Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020
    14. Species Spongia (Heterofibria) cristata Cook & Bergquist, 2001 accepted as Spongia (Heterofibria) decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  3. Subgenus Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
    1. Species Spongia (Spongia) adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
    2. Species Spongia (Spongia) agaricina Pallas, 1766
    3. Species Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
    4. Species Spongia (Spongia) arabica Keller, 1889
    5. Species Spongia (Spongia) australis Bergquist, 1995
    6. Species Spongia (Spongia) bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
    7. Species Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
    8. Species Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941
    9. Species Spongia (Spongia) brunnea Lévi, 1969
    10. Species Spongia (Spongia) cerebralis Thiele, 1905
    11. Species Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
    12. Species Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
    13. Species Spongia (Spongia) conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
    14. Species Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877
    15. Species Spongia (Spongia) distans (Schulz, 1900)
    16. Species Spongia (Spongia) excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    17. Species Spongia (Spongia) fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    18. Species Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877
    19. Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814
    20. Species Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    21. Species Spongia (Spongia) illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
    22. Species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
    23. Species Spongia (Spongia) lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
    24. Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
    25. Species Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
    26. Species Spongia (Spongia) magellanica Thiele, 1905
    27. Species Spongia (Spongia) matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
    28. Species Spongia (Spongia) mexicana Hyatt, 1877
    29. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollicula Hyatt, 1877
    30. Species Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862
    31. Species Spongia (Spongia) nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
    32. Species Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
    33. Species Spongia (Spongia) obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
    34. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977
    35. Species Spongia (Spongia) oceania de Laubenfels, 1950
    36. Species Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
    37. Species Spongia (Spongia) osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    38. Species Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    39. Species Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
    40. Species Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    41. Species Spongia (Spongia) reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
    42. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978
    43. Species Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
    44. Species Spongia (Spongia) sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
    45. Species Spongia (Spongia) suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
    46. Species Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
    47. Species Spongia (Spongia) tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
    48. Species Spongia (Spongia) tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
    49. Species Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
    50. Species Spongia (Spongia) violacea Lévi, 1969
    51. Species Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
    52. Species Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
    53. Species Spongia (Spongia) caliciformis sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
    54. Species Spongia (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (misspelling of species name and junior synonym)
    55. Species Spongia (Spongia) divisa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
    56. Species Spongia (Spongia) fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    57. Species Spongia (Spongia) fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable name)
    58. Species Spongia (Spongia) idia de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Leiosella idia (de Laubenfels, 1932) (genus transfer)
    59. Species Spongia (Spongia) intermedia Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
    60. Species Spongia (Spongia) irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
    61. Species Spongia (Spongia) obscura sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
    62. Species Spongia (Spongia) papyracea sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    63. Species Spongia (Spongia) pertusa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (preoccupied)
    64. Species Spongia (Spongia) pikei (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) (genus transfer)
    65. Species Spongia (Spongia) plana Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (unavailable original name)
    66. Species Spongia (Spongia) prava Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (junior synonym)
    67. Species Spongia (Spongia) punctata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
    68. Species Spongia (Spongia) solitaria sensu Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) solitaria Van Soest, 1978 (unavailable original name)
    69. Species Spongia (Spongia) tectoria Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unavailable original name)
    70. Species Spongia (Spongia) vonlendenfeldi Van Soest, 2024 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
    71. Species Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    72. Species Spongia (Spongia) bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    73. Species Spongia (Spongia) cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    74. Species Spongia (Spongia) ditelliformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    75. Species Spongia (Spongia) dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    76. Species Spongia (Spongia) guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    77. Species Spongia (Spongia) haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    78. Species Spongia (Spongia) isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    79. Species Spongia (Spongia) krebbresii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    80. Species Spongia (Spongia) lacinulosiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    81. Species Spongia (Spongia) napiformis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    82. Species Spongia (Spongia) negligens Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    83. Species Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    84. Species Spongia (Spongia) tetheaformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    85. Species Spongia (Spongia) turrita Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    86. Species Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    87. Species Spongia (Spongia) vermiculatiformis Hyatt, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    88. Species Spongia (Spongia) virgata Rafinesque, 1818 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  4. Species Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  5. Species Spongia hyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  6. Species Spongia jeanbaptistei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  7. Species Spongia lacinulosa Lamarck, 1814
  8. Species Spongia maitasuna Grenier & Pérez, 2023
  9. Species Spongia muricata sensu Linnaeus, 1759
  10. Subgenus Spongia (Poterion) Schlegel, 1858 accepted as Cliona Grant, 1826 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Spongia (Poterion) neptuni Schlegel, 1858 accepted as Cliona patera (Hardwicke, 1820) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  11. Species Spongia abietina Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) abietina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Spongia aculeata Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer)
  13. Species Spongia adriatica Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (junior synonym)
  14. Species Spongia albescens Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  15. Species Spongia alcicornis Esper, 1794 accepted as Polyfibrospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
  16. Species Spongia alpheusi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (unavailable nomen novum)
  17. Species Spongia ananas Montagu, 1814 accepted as Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  18. Species Spongia anatipes Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) flammula (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  19. Species Spongia angulosa Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Ulosa angulosa (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  20. Species Spongia anhelans Vio in Olivi, 1792 accepted as Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Spongia appendiculata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  22. Species Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and homonym)
  23. Species Spongia arborescens var. gamma Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and homonym)
  24. Species Spongia asparagus Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) asparagus (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Spongia aspericornis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aspericornis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  26. Species Spongia aurea Montagu, 1814 accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  27. Species Spongia baikalensis Pallas, 1776 accepted as Lubomirskia baikalensis (Pallas, 1776) (genus transfer)
  28. Species Spongia barba Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Echinochalina (Echinochalina) barba (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  29. Species Spongia basta sensu Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Pseudobasta hermanni Topsent, 1932 (junior homonym)
  30. Species Spongia basta Pallas, 1766 accepted as Ianthella basta (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
  31. Species Spongia bilamellata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cavochalina) bilamellata (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Spongia bilamellata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Echinodictyum mesenterinum (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  33. Species Spongia bombycina Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Spongia lamarcki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  34. Species Spongia botryoides Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Spongia brandtii (Miklucho-MacLay, 1870) accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  36. Species Spongia brassicata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Phyllospongia brassicata (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  37. Species Spongia bresiliana Boury-Esnault, 1973 accepted as Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  38. Species Spongia bullata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) bullata (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Spongia bursaria Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  40. Species Spongia byssoides Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Taonura byssoides (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Spongia cactiformis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  42. Species Spongia caliciformis Esper, 1794 accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  43. Species Spongia caliciformis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) bahamensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  44. Species Spongia calix Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Thorecta calix (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  45. Species Spongia calyciformis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Axinella arctica (Vosmaer, 1885) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  46. Species Spongia calyx accepted as Thorecta calix (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and misspelling of species name)
  47. Species Spongia campana Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  48. Species Spongia cancellaria Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cancellaria (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  49. Species Spongia cancellata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Echinodictyum pulchrum Brøndsted, 1934 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  50. Species Spongia cancellata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  51. Species Spongia cancellata Sowerby, 1806 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer and preoccupied)
  52. Species Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794 accepted as Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
  53. Species Spongia carbonaria Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  54. Species Spongia carduus Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Phakellia carduus (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  55. Species Spongia cariosa Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hyattella intestinalis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  56. Species Spongia carlinoides Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Echinodictyum carlinoides (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Spongia carteri Burton, 1930 accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  58. Species Spongia cartilaginea Esper, 1797 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1797) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Spongia cavernosa sensu Nardo, 1833 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Spongia cavernosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Spongia cavernosa sensu Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1862
  62. Species Spongia cellulosa Esper, 1794 accepted as Fasciospongia cellulosa (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
  63. Species Spongia cellulosa Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Holopsamma favus (Carter, 1885) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  64. Species Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Smenospongia cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
  65. Species Spongia cervicornis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) cervicornis (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
  66. Species Spongia cespitosa Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  67. Species Spongia cheiris de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) graminea Hyatt, 1877 (junior synonym)
  68. Species Spongia ciliata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Spongia cinerea Grant, 1826 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (genus transfer)
  70. Species Spongia circularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (misspelling of species name)
  71. Species Spongia clathrus Esper, 1794 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) coralloides (Scopoli, 1772) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  72. Species Spongia clathrus Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hippospongia seposita Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  73. Species Spongia clavaherculis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  74. Species Spongia clavata Esper, 1794 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) clavata (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Spongia coalita Müller, 1776 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  76. Species Spongia coalita sensu Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  77. Species Spongia coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (junior synonym)
  78. Species Spongia columbae Walker, 1812 accepted as Haliclona columbae (Walker, 1812) (genus transfer)
  79. Species Spongia colus Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Taonura colus (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  80. Species Spongia communis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  81. Species Spongia compacta Sowerby, 1806 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  82. Species Spongia compactella de Laubenfels, 1948 accepted as Leiosella caliculata Lendenfeld, 1889
  83. Species Spongia complanata Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 accepted as Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) (genus transfer)
  84. Species Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814 accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  85. Species Spongia compressa Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer)
  86. Species Spongia compressa Esper, 1797 accepted as Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1797) (genus transfer)
  87. Species Spongia confervicola Templeton, 1836 accepted as Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870 (nomen oblitum)
  88. Species Spongia confoederata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Chondropsis confoederata (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Spongia contarenii sensu Martens, 1824 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (genus transfer)
  90. Species Spongia coralloides Scopoli, 1772 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) coralloides (Scopoli, 1772) (genus transfer)
  91. Species Spongia coriacea Montagu, 1814 accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
  92. Species Spongia corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (misspelling of species name)
  93. Species Spongia coronata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  94. Species Spongia costifera Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Fasciospongia costifera (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  95. Species Spongia crassiloba Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Chalinula crassiloba (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  96. Species Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Phakellia crateriformis (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
  97. Species Spongia cratitia Esper, 1797 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cratitia (Esper, 1797) (genus transfer)
  98. Species Spongia crispata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Dactylia crispata (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  99. Species Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  100. Species Spongia cristata Cook & Bergquist, 2001 accepted as Spongia (Heterofibria) decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (unaccepted > junior homonym, subgenus assignment)
  101. Species Spongia cyathina Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Phyllospongia cyathina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  102. Species Spongia cymaeformis Esper, 1806 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) (genus transfer)
  103. Species Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 accepted as Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
  104. Species Spongia damicornis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Phyllospongia damicornis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  105. Species Spongia dentata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  106. Species Spongia dichotoma sensu Esper, 1794 accepted as Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767) (genus transfer)
  107. Species Spongia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767) (genus transfer)
  108. Species Spongia digitalis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
  109. Species Spongia digitata Esper, 1797 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  110. Species Spongia discus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted)
  111. Species Spongia divisa Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, unavailable original name)
  112. Species Spongia dysoni Carter, 1882 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  113. Species Spongia echidnaea Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  114. Species Spongia elongata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  115. Species Spongia endivia Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  116. Species Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  117. Species Spongia fasciculata sensu Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  118. Species Spongia fasciculata Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  119. Species Spongia fastigiata Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  120. Species Spongia favosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  121. Species Spongia fenestrata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  122. Species Spongia fenestrata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior homonym)
  123. Species Spongia ficiformis Poiret, 1789 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  124. Species Spongia filamentosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  125. Species Spongia fissurata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  126. Species Spongia fistularis Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  127. Species Spongia flabelliformis Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  128. Species Spongia flammula Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  129. Species Spongia fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  130. Species Spongia foliacea Esper, 1797 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  131. Species Spongia foliacea Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  132. Species Spongia foliascens Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  133. Species Spongia foveolaria Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  134. Species Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  135. Species Spongia frondifera Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  136. Species Spongia frondosa Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  137. Species Spongia fruticosa Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  138. Species Spongia fruticosa sensu Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, the name is incorrect acc. ICZN Art.32.5)
  139. Species Spongia fucorum Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  140. Species Spongia fulva Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  141. Species Spongia fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  142. Species Spongia gossypina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  143. Species Spongia grossa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  144. Species Spongia hispida Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  145. Species Spongia imperati Della Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  146. Species Spongia inflata Della Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted, species incerta)
  147. Species Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  148. Species Spongia infundibulis de Laubenfels, 1948 (unaccepted)
  149. Species Spongia intermedia Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  150. Species Spongia intestinalis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  151. Species Spongia irregularis (Lendenfeld, 1889) (unaccepted, subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
  152. Species Spongia juniperina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  153. Species Spongia labellum Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  154. Species Spongia labirinthiformis sensu Ledru, 1810 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  155. Species Spongia labyrinthiformis Vahl, 1793 (unaccepted, nomen oblitum)
  156. Species Spongia lacera Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  157. Species Spongia laciniata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  158. Species Spongia lactuca Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  159. Species Spongia lacunosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  160. Species Spongia lacustris Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  161. Species Spongia lamellaris Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  162. Species Spongia lamellosa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  163. Species Spongia lanuginosa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  164. Species Spongia lapidescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  165. Species Spongia leporina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  166. Species Spongia licheniformis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  167. Species Spongia limbata Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  168. Species Spongia linteiformis sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  169. Species Spongia lobata Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  170. Species Spongia lobata Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and preoccupied)
  171. Species Spongia lyrata Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  172. Species Spongia lyrata sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  173. Species Spongia macides Bosc, 1802 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  174. Species Spongia macrodactyla Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  175. Species Spongia mamifferis Parkinson, 1822 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  176. Species Spongia mamillaris Müller, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  177. Species Spongia manus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  178. Species Spongia marquezii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  179. Species Spongia maynardii (Hyatt, 1877) (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  180. Species Spongia meandriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
  181. Species Spongia membranacea Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  182. Species Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  183. Species Spongia membranosa sensu Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  184. Species Spongia mesenterina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  185. Species Spongia mexicana Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, unavailable original name)
  186. Species Spongia muricata Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  187. Species Spongia muricina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  188. Species Spongia musicalis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  189. Species Spongia mycofijiensis Kakou, Crews & Bakus, 1987 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  190. Species Spongia myrobalanus Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  191. Species Spongia nardorus (Lendenfeld, 1886) (unaccepted)
  192. Species Spongia nervosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  193. Species Spongia nicaeensis Risso, 1827 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  194. Species Spongia nivea Grant, 1826 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  195. Species Spongia octancyra Brandt, 1859 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  196. Species Spongia oculata Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  197. Species Spongia oculata sensu Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  198. Species Spongia ostracina Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  199. Species Spongia otahitica Esper, 1797 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  200. Species Spongia othaitica Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  201. Species Spongia pala Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  202. Species Spongia palmata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  203. Species Spongia palmata sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  204. Species Spongia panicea Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  205. Species Spongia panicea sensu Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  206. Species Spongia pannea Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  207. Species Spongia papillaris Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  208. Species Spongia papyracea Esper, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  209. Species Spongia papyracea Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, preoccupied)
  210. Species Spongia parasitica Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  211. Species Spongia patera Hardwicke, 1820 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  212. Species Spongia penicillata Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  213. Species Spongia penicillosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  214. Species Spongia penicillus Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  215. Species Spongia pennatula Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  216. Species Spongia pennatula (sensu Ridley, 1884) (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  217. Species Spongia perfoliata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  218. Species Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  219. Species Spongia pertusa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  220. Species Spongia pertusa Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, preoccupied)
  221. Species Spongia pesleonis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  222. Species Spongia peziza Bosc, 1802 (unaccepted, genus transfer and nomen oblitum)
  223. Species Spongia pilosa Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  224. Species Spongia placenta Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  225. Species Spongia plana Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, unavailable original name)
  226. Species Spongia plancella Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  227. Species Spongia plicata Esper, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  228. Species Spongia plicifera Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  229. Species Spongia pluma Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  230. Species Spongia plumosa Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  231. Species Spongia pluriloba Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  232. Species Spongia pocillum Lamouroux, 1816 (unaccepted, nomen oblitum)
  233. Species Spongia polyphylla Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  234. Species Spongia prava Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, junior synonym and subgenus assignment)
  235. Species Spongia prolifera Ellis & Solander, 1786 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  236. Species Spongia pulchella Sowerby, 1804 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  237. Species Spongia pulverulenta Grant, 1826 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  238. Species Spongia quarnerensis Schmidt, 1862 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
  239. Species Spongia ramosa Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  240. Species Spongia ramosa Gray, 1843 (unaccepted, genus transfer, subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  241. Species Spongia raphanus Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  242. Species Spongia reticulata Vio in Olivi, 1792 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  243. Species Spongia rigida Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  244. Species Spongia rigida Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and preoccupied)
  245. Species Spongia rimosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  246. Species Spongia rubens sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  247. Species Spongia rubens Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer and incertae sedis)
  248. Species Spongia rubicunda Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  249. Species Spongia rubispina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  250. Species Spongia sanguinea Grant, 1826 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  251. Species Spongia sartaginula Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  252. Species Spongia scariola Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  253. Species Spongia scrobiculata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  254. Species Spongia scyphiformis Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, synonym)
  255. Species Spongia scyphonoides (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  256. Species Spongia selaginea Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  257. Species Spongia semitubulosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  258. Species Spongia septosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  259. Species Spongia seriata Grant, 1826 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  260. Species Spongia serpentina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  261. Species Spongia sinclairi Gray, 1843 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  262. Species Spongia sinuosa Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  263. Species Spongia sinuosa sensu Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  264. Species Spongia sinuosa sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior homonym)
  265. Species Spongia solida Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  266. Species Spongia solidahyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (unaccepted, unavailable name)
  267. Species Spongia solitaria sensu Hyatt, 1877 (unaccepted, unavailable original name)
  268. Species Spongia spiculifera Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  269. Species Spongia spinicrux Brandt, 1859 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  270. Species Spongia sportella Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  271. Species Spongia stellifera Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted)
  272. Species Spongia striata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior homonym)
  273. Species Spongia strigilata Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  274. Species Spongia strigosa Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  275. Species Spongia strobilina Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  276. Species Spongia stuposa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  277. Species Spongia stuposa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer and preoccupied)
  278. Species Spongia suberia Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  279. Species Spongia suberosa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  280. Species Spongia subtriangularis Duchassaing, 1850 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  281. Species Spongia sulphurea Desor, 1851 (unaccepted, genus transfer by Verrill (1873))
  282. Species Spongia surculosa Esper, 1797 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  283. Species Spongia syphonoides Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  284. Species Spongia tabula Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  285. Species Spongia terebrans Duvernoy, 1840 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  286. Species Spongia thienemanni Arndt, 1943 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
  287. Species Spongia thuyaeformis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & nomen oblitum)
  288. Species Spongia tomentosa Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  289. Species Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  290. Species Spongia tubulosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  291. Species Spongia tubulosa sensu Esper, 1797 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  292. Species Spongia tubulosa sensu Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  293. Species Spongia tubulosa sensu Ellis & Solander, 1786 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  294. Species Spongia tubulosa Linnaeus, 1759 (unaccepted, genus transfer and taxon inquirendum)
  295. Species Spongia tupha sensu Martens, 1824 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  296. Species Spongia tupha Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  297. Species Spongia turbinata sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, preoccupied)
  298. Species Spongia turgida Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  299. Species Spongia typhina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  300. Species Spongia urceola Rathke & Vahl, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  301. Species Spongia urceolata Desor, 1851 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  302. Species Spongia urceolus Rathke & Vahl, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  303. Species Spongia urens Ellis & Solander, 1786 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  304. Species Spongia vaginalis Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  305. Species Spongia varia Gray, 1843 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  306. Species Spongia vasculum Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  307. Species Spongia velutata Renier, 1807 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  308. Species Spongia venosa Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer & junior synonym)
  309. Species Spongia ventilabra Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted, genus transfer and incorrect spelling of species name)
  310. Species Spongia ventilabrum Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  311. Species Spongia vermiculata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
  312. Species Spongia verrucosa Esper, 1794 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  313. Species Spongia verrucosa Montagu, 1814 (unaccepted, junior primary homonym)
  314. Species Spongia villosa Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  315. Species Spongia violacea Forskål, 1775 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  316. Species Spongia virgultosa Esper, 1806 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  317. Species Spongia virgultosa sensu Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer and junior synonym)
  318. Species Spongia vulpina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  319. Species Spongia xerampelina Lamarck, 1814 (unaccepted, genus transfer)
  320. Species Spongia adjimensis (Topsent, 1925) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  321. Species Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  322. Species Spongia anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  323. Species Spongia arabica Keller, 1889 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  324. Species Spongia australis Bergquist, 1995 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  325. Species Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  326. Species Spongia bartholomei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  327. Species Spongia brunnea Lévi, 1969 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  328. Species Spongia cerebralis Thiele, 1905 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  329. Species Spongia ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  330. Species Spongia cladonia Rafinesque, 1818 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment of taxon inquirendum)
  331. Species Spongia conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  332. Species Spongia corrugata Cook & Bergquist, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  333. Species Spongia dumetosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  334. Species Spongia gorgonocephalus Cook & Bergquist, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  335. Species Spongia gracilis Cook & Bergquist, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  336. Species Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  337. Species Spongia guadelupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  338. Species Spongia haagenseni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  339. Species Spongia hispida Lamarck, 1814 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  340. Species Spongia idia de Laubenfels, 1932 (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  341. Species Spongia isidis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  342. Species Spongia krebbresii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  343. Species Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  344. Species Spongia lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  345. Species Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  346. Species Spongia magellanica Thiele, 1905 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  347. Species Spongia manipulatus Cook & Bergquist, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  348. Species Spongia matamata de Laubenfels, 1954 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  349. Species Spongia mokohinau Cook & Bergquist, 2001 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  350. Species Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862 (alternative representation)
  351. Species Spongia napiformis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  352. Species Spongia negligens Hyatt, 1877 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  353. Species Spongia nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877 (alternative representation)
  354. Species Spongia nitens (Schmidt, 1862) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  355. Species Spongia obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  356. Species Spongia obscura Hyatt, 1877 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  357. Species Spongia oceania de Laubenfels, 1950 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  358. Species Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  359. Species Spongia reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  360. Species Spongia solitaria Van Soest, 1978 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  361. Species Spongia spinosa Lendenfeld, 1888 (alternative representation)
  362. Species Spongia sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  363. Species Spongia subcircularis Duchassaing de Fontbressin, 1850 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  364. Species Spongia tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  365. Species Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  366. Species Spongia usitatissima Lamarck, 1814 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  367. Species Spongia violacea Lévi, 1969 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  368. Species Spongia virgata Rafinesque, 1818 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment of taxon inquirendum)
  369. Species Spongia virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  370. Species Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  371. Species Spongia acicularis Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  372. Species Spongia amaranthina Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  373. Species Spongia arborescens Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  374. Species Spongia bacillaris Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  375. Species Spongia bicolor Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  376. Species Spongia bombicina Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  377. Species Spongia botellifera Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  378. Species Spongia carnosa Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  379. Species Spongia caudigera Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  380. Species Spongia cellularioides Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  381. Species Spongia ceranoides Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  382. Species Spongia conus Montagu, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  383. Species Spongia crispata Esper, 1794 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  384. Species Spongia cruciata Mueller, 1776 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  385. Species Spongia cuniculosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  386. Species Spongia cylindracea Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  387. Species Spongia dactyloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  388. Species Spongia deltoidea Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  389. Species Spongia eschariformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  390. Species Spongia fava Montagu, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  391. Species Spongia fibrillosa Pallas, 1766 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  392. Species Spongia fibrillosa sensu Esper, 1794 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  393. Species Spongia fimbriata Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  394. Species Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  395. Species Spongia floccosa Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  396. Species Spongia floribunda Pallas, 1766 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  397. Species Spongia fornicifera Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  398. Species Spongia frutescens Gunnerus, 1768 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  399. Species Spongia globosa Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  400. Species Spongia heterogona Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  401. Species Spongia incrustans Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  402. Species Spongia laevigata Montagu, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  403. Species Spongia lamarcki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  404. Species Spongia lamellifera Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  405. Species Spongia lichenoides Pallas, 1766 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  406. Species Spongia linteiformis Esper, 1797 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  407. Species Spongia longicuspis Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  408. Species Spongia loricaris Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  409. Species Spongia lycopodium Esper, 1794 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  410. Species Spongia mucida Mueller, 1776 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  411. Species Spongia nigra Linnaeus, 1788 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  412. Species Spongia nodosa Linnaeus, 1759 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  413. Species Spongia ossiformis Mueller, 1776 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  414. Species Spongia pavonia Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  415. Species Spongia phalloides Rathke & Vahl, 1806 (uncertain)
  416. Species Spongia plana Mueller, 1776 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  417. Species Spongia polychotoma Esper, 1794 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  418. Species Spongia pulvinata Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  419. Species Spongia radiciformis Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  420. Species Spongia rimulosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  421. Species Spongia rubra Linnaeus, 1791 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  422. Species Spongia scypha Montagu, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  423. Species Spongia sowerbii Fleming, 1828 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  424. Species Spongia spongilloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  425. Species Spongia stricta Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  426. Species Spongia thiaroides Lamarck, 1814 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  427. Species Spongia tubularia Linnaeus, 1791 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  428. Species Spongia turbinata Vio in Olivi, 1792 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  429. Species Spongia utilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
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de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spongia Linnaeus, 1759. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131759 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7 (4): 443-503.
page(s): 450-452 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1119 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 73-74; note: with description [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 120 [details] 

 
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Remark The present list includes Linnaean and Pallasian Spongia species which have been taken from Animal Base (http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/) consulted in 2007. [details]
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Japanese モクヨクカイメン属  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongia) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Spongia sp. 0951 cf.) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Spongia sp. 15) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)
Spongia (Euspongia) officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt, 1862)
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Spongia officinalis
Spongia officinalis
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Spongia officinalis
Spongia officinalis
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Spongia officinalis
Spongia officinalis
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