57 Species in Family Niphatidae
Nominal species list for Niphatidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amphimedon anastomosa Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905)
Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Erect rope sponge
Amphimedon erina de Laubenfels, 1936
Amphimedon flexa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982)
Amphimedon maresi (Sarà, 1978) Orange trumpet sponge
Amphimedon nanaspiculata (Hartman, 1955)
Amphimedon palmata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020
Amphimedon paradisus Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1989
Amphimedon rubens (Pallas, 1766)
Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Green sponge
Amphimedon zamboangae (Lévi, 1961)
Cribrochalina ambigua unspecified
Cribrochalina chinensis unspecified
Cribrochalina dura (Wilson, 1902)
Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814) Brown bowl sponge
Dasychalina fragilis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Dasychalina melior Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Gelliodes areolata unspecified
Gelliodes callista de Laubenfels, 1954
Gelliodes carnosa Dendy, 1889
Gelliodes fibroreticulata (Dendy, 1916)
Gelliodes fibrosa (Wilson, 1925) Gray encrusting sponge
Gelliodes fibulata (Carter, 1881)
Gelliodes fragilis Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984
Gelliodes gracilis Hentschel, 1912
Gelliodes hamata Thiele, 1903
Gelliodes macrosigma Hentschel, 1912
Gelliodes obtusa Hentschel, 1912
Gelliodes persica Fromont, 1995
Gelliodes petrosioides Dendy, 1905
Gelliodes pumila (Lendenfeld, 1887)
Gelliodes spinosella Thiele, 1899
Gelliodes spongiosa Topsent, 1916
Haliclonissa sacciformis Burton, 1932
Haliclonissa verrucosa Burton, 1932
Hemigellius fimbriatus (Kirkpatrick, 1907)
Hemigellius pachyderma Burton, 1932
Hemigellius rudis unspecified
Hemigellius bidens (Topsent, 1901)
Microxina benedeni (Topsent, 1901)
Microxina charcoti Topsent, 1916
Niphates aga (de Laubenfels, 1954)
Niphates alba van Soest, 1980
Niphates caycedoi (Zea & van Soest, 1986)
Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) Pink vase sponge
Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Lavender rope sponge
Niphates hispida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984
Niphates laminaris Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
Niphates olemda (de Laubenfels, 1954) Tube sponge
Niphates ruthecitae Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022
Niphates verityae Goodwin & Downey, 2021
Pachychalina fracta Hentschel, 1929
Pachychalina lupusapia Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022
Pachychalina schmidti Lundbeck, 1902
Pachychalina subcapitata (Lévi, 1961)
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