STRI Marine Portal Checklist: Sponges (Porifera)

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Home > Marine Invertebrates > Sponges (Porifera) Sponges (Porifera) Name Game Flash Card Quiz Options Search: Common Names Synonyms Taxonomic Filter: Display Synonyms Common Names Display as images Notes & Vouchers Taxon Authors Show Taxa Alphabetically Families: 60 Genera: 111 Species: 245 Total Taxa: 255 Page 1 of 1: 1 ACANTHOCHAETETIDAE Willardia sp. Willenz & Pomponi, 1996 ACARNIDAE Acarnus nicoleae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952) Cornulella sp. Dendy, 1922 Iophon cheliferum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 AGELASIDAE Agelas sp. Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Agelas cerebriformis Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) Agelas dispar Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 ANCORINIDAE Ancorina sp. Schmidt, 1862 Holoxea sp. Topsent, 1892 Penares schulzei (Dendy, 1905) Stelletta sp. Schmidt, 1862 Stelletta fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870) Stelletta kallitetilla (Laubenfels, 1936) Stelletta pudica (Wiedenmayer, 1977) Stellettinopsis megastylifera (Wintermann-Kilian & Kilian, 1984) Stryphnus sp. Sollas, 1886 Stryphnus raratriaenus Cárdenas, Menegola, Rapp & Díaz, 2009 APHROCALLISTIDAE Heterochone calyx (Schulze, 1886) APLYSINIDAE Aiolochroia crassa Aplysina sp. Nardo, 1834 Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875) Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) Aplysina chiriquiensis Díaz, van Soest, Rützler & Guzman, 2005 Aplysina fistularis Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Aplysina lacunosa Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875) Verongula reiswigi Alcolado, 1984 Verongula rigida (Esper, 1794) AXINELLIDAE Axinella sp. Schmidt, 1862 Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919) Dragmacidon lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Dragmaxia undata Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998 Ptilocaulis walpersi Alvarez et al., 1998 Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) CALLYSPONGIIDAE Callyspongia arcesiosa Laubenfels, 1936 Callyspongia armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Callyspongia fallax Callyspongia pallida Hechtel, 1965 Callyspongia vaginalis CHALINIDAE Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) Chalinula zeae de Weerdt, 2000 Haliclona sp. Grant, 1836 Haliclona albifragilis (Hechtel, 1965) Haliclona caerulea (Hechtel, 1965) Haliclona cinerea de Laubenfels, 1932 Haliclona coerulescens (Topsent, 1918) Haliclona curacaoensis (van Soest, 1980) Haliclona implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965) Haliclona luciensis de Weerdt, 2000 Haliclona magnifica de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991 Haliclona manglaris Alcolado, 1984 Haliclona megasclera Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 Haliclona melana Muricy & Ribeiro, 1999 Haliclona mucifibrosa de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991 Haliclona perforata (Wilson, 1904) Haliclona piscaderaensis Van Soest, 1980 Haliclona tubifera (George & Wilson, 1919) Haliclona twincayensis De Weerdt et al., 1991 Haliclona vansoesti De Weerdt et al., 1999 Haliclona vermeuleni De Weerdt, 2000 Haliclona walentinae Alcolado, 1984 CHONDRILLIDAE Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 Chondrilla caribensis caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 Chondrilla caribensis hermatypica Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 Chondrilla nucula Chondrosia sp. Nardo, 1847 Chondrosia collectrix Chondrosia reniformis CHONDROPSIDAE Batzella fusca van Soest, 2009 CLATHRINIDAE Clathrina coriacea (Montague, 1818) Clathrina primordialis Heackel, 1870 CLIONAIDAE Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) Cliona amplicavata Rützler, 1974 Cliona aprica Pang, 1973 Cliona caribbaea Cliona delitrix Cliona flavifodina Rützler, 1974 Cliona laticavicola Pang, 1973 Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003 Cliona topsenti (Lendenfeld, 1898) Cliona varians (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864) Pione lampa (de Laubenfels, 1950) Spheciospongia vesparium COELOSPHAERIDAE Forcepia grandisigmata van Soest, 1984 Lissodendoryx sp. Topsent, 1892 Lissodendoryx colombiensis Zea & van Soest, 1986 Lissodendoryx isodictyalis Lissodendoryx sigmata CRAMBEIDAE Crambe panamensis Maldonado, Carmona, van Soest & Pomponi, 2001 Discorhabdella littoralis Maldonado, Carmona, van Soest & Pomponi, 2001 Discorhabdella urizae Maldonado, Carmona, van Soest & Pomponi, 2001 Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) DARWINELLIDAE Aplysilla glacialis (Merejkowsky, 1878) Chelonaplysilla erecta DESMACELLIDAE Biemna sp. Gray, 1867 Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905) Neofibularia nolitangere Neofibularia notilangere DESMACIDIDAE Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) DESMANTHIDAE Petromica ciocalyptoides (van Soest & Zea, 1986) DESMOXYIDAE Myrmekioderma sp. Ehlers, 1870 Myrmekioderma gyroderma (Alcolado, 1984) Myrmekioderma rea (Laubenfels, 1934) DICTYODENDRILLIDAE Igernella sp. Topsent, 1905 Igernella notabilis DICTYONELLIDAE Acanthella cubensis (Alcolado, 1984) Scopalina ruetzleri Wiedenmeyer, 1977 Svenzea cristinae Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 2002 Svenzea flava (Lehnert & van Soest, 1999) Svenzea tubulosa (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986) Svenzea zeai (Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998) DYSIDEIDAE Dysidea etheria Laubenfels, 1936 EURETIDAE Conorete erectum (Schulze, 1899) GEODIIDAE Erylus formosus Erylus goffrileri Wiedenmayer, 1977 Geodia sp. Lamarck, 1815 Geodia ataxastra Lendenfeld, 1910 Geodia gibberosa Geodia media Bowerbank, 1873 Geodia neptuni Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965 Geodia papyraceae Hechtel, 1965 Geodia tumulosa Bowerbank, 1872 GRANTIIDAE Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862) Leucandra rudifera (Poléjaeff, 1883) HALICHONDRIIDAE Amorphinopsis sp. Carter, 1887 Ciocalypta vansoesti (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997) Halichondria sp. Fleming, 1828 Halichondria lutea Alcolado, 1984 Halichondria magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965 Halichondria melanadocia Halichondria melanodocia De Laubenfels, 1936 Halichondria nucula Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) Hymeniacidon sp. Bowerbank, 1859 Hymeniacidon caerulea Bowerbank, 1859 Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915) Topsentia sp. Berg, 1899 Topsentia ophiraphidites (Laubenfels, 1934) HALISARCIDAE Halisarca sp. Johnston, 1842 Halisarca caerulea Vacelet & Donadey, 1987 HYALONEMATIDAE Hyalonema azuerone Lendenfeld, 1915 Hyalonema ovuliferum Schulze, 1899 HYMEDESMIIDAE Phorbas amaranthus IOTROCHOTIDAE Iotrochota sp. Ridley, 1884 Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877) IRCINIIDAE Ircinia sp. Nardo, 1833 Ircinia campana Ircinia felix (Duchassaing and Mich., 1864) Ircinia flagelliformis (Carter, 1886) Ircinia ramosa Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) LEUCALTIDAE Leucaltis clathria LEUCETTIDAE Leucetta sp. Haeckel, 1872 Leucetta floridana Leucetta imberbis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MERLIIDAE Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908 MICROCIONIDAE Artemisina melana van Soest, 1984 Clathria sp. Schmidt, 1862 Clathria aspera Clathria curacaoensis Arndt, 1927 Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984) Clathria ferrea (de Laubenfels, 1936) Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916) Clathria oxeota (van Soest, 1984) Clathria spinosa (Wilson, 1902) Clathria venosa Alcolado, 1984 Clathria virgultosa (Lamarck, 1814) Pandaros acanthifolium MYCALIDAE Mycale sp. Gray, 1867 Mycale americana van Soest, 1984 Mycale angulosa Mycale arenaria Hajdu & Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1994 Mycale arndti Van Soest, 1984 Mycale carmigropila Hadju & Rützler, 1998 Mycale cecilia Mycale citrina Hadju & Rützler, 1998 Mycale diversisigmata (Van Soes, 1984) Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882) Mycale laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Mycale magnirhaphidifera van Soest, 1984 Mycale microsigmatosa Arndt, 1927 Mycale vitellina van Soest, 2009 NIPHATIDAE Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) Amphimedon compressa Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936) Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766) Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Cribrochalina sp. Schmidt, 1870 Cribrochalina vasculum Niphates sp. Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Niphates amorpha Van Soest, 1980 Niphates arenata Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014 Niphates caycedoi Zea & van Soest, 1986 Niphates digitalis Niphates erecta Niphates ramosa Gammill, 1997 PACHASTRELLIDAE Dercitus sp. Gray, 1867 PETROSIIDAE Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019 Neopetrosia proxima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Neopetrosia rosariensis (Zea & Rützler, 1983) Neopetrosia sigmafera Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019 Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) Petrosia pellasarca (Laubenfels, 1934) Petrosia weinbergi van Soest, 1980 Xestospongia sp. de Laubenfels, 1932 Xestospongia bocatorensis Diaz et al., 2007 Xestospongia deweerdtae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999 Xestospongia muta PHLOEODICTYIDAE Calyx podatypa (Laubenfels, 1934) Oceanapia sp. Norman, 1869 Oceanapia bartschi de Laubenfels, 1934 Oceanapia fistulosa (Bowerbank, 1873) Oceanapia nodosa (George & Wilson, 1919) Oceanapia oleracea (Schmidt, 1870) Oceanapia peltata (Schmidt, 1870) Siphonodictyon brevitubulatum Pang, 1973 Siphonodictyon coralliphagum PLACOSPONGIIDAE Placospongia sp. Gray, 1867 Placospongia intermedia Sollas, 1888 Placospongia melobesioides PLAKINIDAE Oscarella sp. Vosmaer, 1884 Plakina elisa Plakinastrella onkodes Ulizka, 1929 Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1879) Plakortis deweerdtaephila Vicente, Zea & Hill, 2016 Plakortis halichondrioides Plakortis simplex (Schulze, 1880) POLYMASTIIDAE Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 RASPAILIIDAE Ectyoplasia ferox ROSSELLIDAE Caulophacus schulzei SCLERITODERMIDAE Aciculites higginsii Schmidt, 1879 SPIRASTRELLIDAE Diplastrella megastellata Spirastrella sp. Schmidt, 1868 Spirastrella coccinea Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 Spirastrella hartmani Boury-Esnault et al., 1999 Spirastrella mollis Verrill, 1907 SPONGIIDAE Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing and Mich., 1864) Hyattella cavernosa (Pallas, 1766) Hyattella intestinalis Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766 Spongia barbara Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 Spongia pertusa Hyatt, 1877 Spongia tubulifera SPONGILLIDAE Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) SUBERITIDAE Aaptos sp. Gray, 1867 Prosuberites laughlini Diaz et al., 1987 Pseudosuberites sulcatus (Thiele, 1905) Suberites aurantiaca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Suberites aurantiacus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Terpios sp. Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Terpios belindae Rützler & Smith, 1993 Terpios manglaris Rützler & Smith, 1993 SYCETTIDAE Sycon sp. Risso, 1826 TEDANIIDAE Tedania ignis Tedania klausi Wulff, 2006 TETHYIDAE Tectitethya sp. Sarà, 1994 Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) Tectitethya keyensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 Tethya sp. Lamarck, 1814 Tethya actinea de Laubenfels, 1950 Tethya actinia Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) Tethya seychellensis TETILLIDAE Cinachyra sp. Sollas, 1886 Cinachyrella sp. Wilson, 1925 Cinachyrella alloclada (Uliczka, 1929) Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) THEONELLIDAE Discodermia dissoluta THORECTIDAE Hyrtios proteus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875) TIMEIDAE Timea sp. Gray, 1867 TRETODICTYIDAE Hexactinella ventilabrum VETULINIDAE Vetulina stalactites Schmidt, 1879
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