''Spongia'' is a

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of marine

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 through t ...

s in the family

Spongiidae Spongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida. Genera *'' Coscinoderma'' Carter, 1883 *''Evenor'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 *''Hippospongia'' Schulze, 1879 *' Lendenfeld, 1888 *'' Leiosella'' Lendenfeld, 1888 *'' Rhopal ...

, originally described by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''

Spongia officinalis ''Spongia officinalis'', better known as a variety of bath sponge, is a commercially used sea sponge. Individuals grow in large lobes with small openings and are formed by a mesh of primary and secondary fibers. It is light grey to black in color ...

'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been replaced in that use by synthetic or plant material.

Classification

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Spongia'': ;Subgenus unassigned: * '' Spongia alpheushyatti'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia alpheusi'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * ''

Spongia hyatti ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia jeanbaptistei'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia lacinulosa'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia lamarcki'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * †'' Spongia mantelli'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia muricata'' sensu Linnaeus, 1759 * ''

Spongia solidahyatti ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia stellifera'' Lamarck, 1814 ;Subgenus ''Australospongia'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia gracilis ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 ;Subgenus ''Heterofibria'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia catarinensis ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Mothes, Kasper, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2006 * '' Spongia corallina'' Kim & Sim, 2009 * '' Spongia corrugata'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia decooki ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * ''

Spongia gorgonocephalus ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia manipulatus ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia mokohinau ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia peddemorsi ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020 * ''

Spongia purpurea ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Kim & Sim, 2009 * ''

Spongia smaragdus ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019 ;Subgenus ''Spongia'' * ''

Spongia adjimensis ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' (Topsent, 1925) * ''

Spongia agaricina ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Pallas, 1766 * ''

Spongia anclotea ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * ''

Spongia arabica ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' arabica Keller, 1889 * '' Spongia australis'' Bergquist, 1995 * '' Spongia bailyi'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia barbara'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Spongia bibulus'' Rao, 1941 * '' Spongia brunnea'' Lévi, 1969 * '' Spongia cerebralis'' Thiele, 1905 * '' Spongia ceylonensis'' (Dendy, 1905) * '' Spongia coelosia'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Spongia conifera'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia cookii'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia distans'' (Schulz, 1900) * '' Spongia excavata'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia fistulosa'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia fuscoides'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia graminea'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia hispida'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia hospes'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia illawarra'' (Whitelegge, 1901) * '' Spongia lamella'' (Schulze, 1879) * ''

Spongia lesleighae ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004 * '' Spongia lignea'' Hyatt, 1877 * ''

Spongia lobosa ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' (Poléjaeff, 1884) * '' Spongia magellanica'' Thiele, 1905 * '' Spongia matamata'' de Laubenfels, 1954 * '' Spongia mexicana'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia mollicula'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia mollissima'' Schmidt, 1862 * '' Spongia nicholsoni'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia nitens'' (Schmidt, 1862) * '' Spongia obliqua'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * ''

Spongia obscura ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia oceanica'' de Laubenfels, 1950 * ''

'' Linnaeus, 1759 * '' Spongia osculata'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia osculosa'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia perforata''(Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia pilosa'' (Wilson, 1902) * '' Spongia raoi'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia reticulata'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia solitaria'' Hyatt, 1877 * ''

Spongia spinosa ''Spongia'' is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''Spongia officinalis'', are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been ...

'' (Lendenfeld, 1888) * '' Spongia sterea'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * '' Spongia suriganensis'' (Wilson, 1925) * '' Spongia sweeti'' (Kirkpatrick, 1900) * '' Spongia tampa'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * '' Spongia tectoria'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia tenuiramosa'' (Dendy, 1905) * '' Spongia tubulifera'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia violacea'' Lévi, 1969 * '' Spongia virgultosa'' (Schmidt, 1868) * '' Spongia zimocca'' Schmidt, 1862

References

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