''Hippospongia'' is a genus of
sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ...
s belonging to the family
Spongiidae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* ''
Hippospongia ammata''
de Laubenfels, 1954
* ''
Hippospongia anfractuosa''
(Carter, 1885)
* ''
Hippospongia canaliculata''
(Lendenfeld, 1886)
* ''
Hippospongia cerebrum''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia communis''
(Lamarck, 1814)
* ''
Hippospongia cylindrica''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia densa''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia derasa''
Ridley, 1884
* ''
Hippospongia elastica''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia fistulosa''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia galea''
(Lendenfeld, 1886)
* ''
Hippospongia gossypina
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* '' Hippospongia ammata'' de Laubenfels, 1954
...
''
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
* ''
Hippospongia lachne''
(Laubenfels, 1936)
* ''
Hippospongia laxa''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia massa''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia mauritiana''
(Hyatt, 1877)
* ''
Hippospongia micropora''
(Lendenfeld, 1889)
* ''
Hippospongia mollissima''
(Lendenfeld, 1889)
* ''
Hippospongia multicia''
Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
* ''
Hippospongia nigra
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* '' Hippospongia ammata'' de Laubenfels, 1954
...
''
(Lendenfeld, 1886)
* ''
Hippospongia osculata
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* '' Hippospongia ammata'' de Laubenfels, 1954
...
''
Lendenfeld, 1889
* ''
Hippospongia pacifica
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* '' Hippospongia ammata'' de Laubenfels, 1954
...
''
(Hyatt, 1877)
* ''
Hippospongia seposita
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within ''Hippospongia'':
* '' Hippospongia ammata'' de Laubenfels, 1954
...
''
Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
* ''
Hippospongia typica
''Hippospongia'' is a genus of sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and ch ...
''
Lendenfeld, 1889
References
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Spongiidae
Sponge genera