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Family: Halichondriidae



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89 species (see list below)
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Amorphinopsis atlantica
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Amorphinopsis excavans
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Amorphinopsis fenestrata
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Amorphinopsis foetida
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Amorphinopsis oculata
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Amorphinopsis sacciformis
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Amorphinopsis subacerata
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Axinyssa aculeata
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Axinyssa ambrosia
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Axinyssa aplysinoides
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Axinyssa aurantiaca
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Axinyssa bergquistae
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Axinyssa mertoni
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Axinyssa radiata
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Axinyssa valida
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Axinyssa variabilis
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Ciocalapata gibbsi
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Ciocalypta bustamanti
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Ciocalypta colorata
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Ciocalypta digitata
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Ciocalypta magnastyla
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Ciocalypta melichlora
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Photo by Ferreira, Vasco Manuel

Eastern Central Pacific a

Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1862

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Ciocalypta penicillus
[Brush horny sponge]
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Ciocalypta rutila
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Ciocalypta tyleri
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Epipolasis suluensis
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Halichondria agglomerans
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Halichondria armata
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Halichondria bergquistae
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Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic, Pacific Ocean and

Halichondria bowerbanki Burton, 1930

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Halichondria bowerbanki
[Bowerbanks halichondria]
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Halichondria cartilaginea
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Halichondria coerulea
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Halichondria colossea
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Halichondria corrugata
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Halichondria diazae
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Halichondria difficilis
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Halichondria fibrosa
[Fibrous horny sponge]
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Halichondria genetrix
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Halichondria japonica
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Halichondria kelleri
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Halichondria lambei
[Conic horny sponge]
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Max. Length 2 cm H
 
Halichondria lutea
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Halichondria magniconulosa
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Halichondria melanadocia
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Halichondria membrana
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Halichondria oblonga
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Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Pacific, Norther
Max. Length 60 cm WD
Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766)

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Halichondria panicea
[Bread-crumb sponge]
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Halichondria poa
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Halichondria sitiens
[Green-tinged sponge]
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Halichondria solidior
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Halichondria topsenti
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Halichondria turritella
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Hymeniacidon agminata
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Hymeniacidon assimilis
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Hymeniacidon burtoni
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Hymeniacidon caerulea
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Hymeniacidon caruncula
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Hymeniacidon chloris
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Hymeniacidon fernandezi
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Hymeniacidon heliophila
[Diurnal horny sponge]
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Hymeniacidon hentscheli
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Hymeniacidon kerguelensis
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Photo by Fenwick, David

Arctic and Northeast Atla

Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818)

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Hymeniacidon perlevis
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Hymeniacidon rubiginosa
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Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Eastern Pacific

Hymeniacidon sinapium De Laubenfels, 1930

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Hymeniacidon sinapium
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Hymeniacidon ungodon
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Hymeniacidon upaonassu
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Johannesia reticulosa
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Leucophloeus actites
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Pellina carbonaria
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Pellina sitiens
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Spongosorites beringensis
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Spongosorites cabliersi
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Spongosorites porites
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Tedanione obscurata
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Topsentia bahamensis
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Topsentia bubaroides
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Topsentia disparilis
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Topsentia distincta
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Topsentia dura
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Topsentia genitrix
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Topsentia glabra
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Topsentia halichondrioides
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Topsentia indica
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Topsentia myxa
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Topsentia ophiraphidites
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Topsentia profunditatis
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Topsentia salomonensis
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Vosmaeria crustacea
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amorphinopsis atlantica Western Atlantic and Sout 2004
Amorphinopsis excavans Indo-West Pacific. 1887
Amorphinopsis fenestrata Indo-West Pacific 1884
Amorphinopsis foetida Indo-West Pacific 1889
Amorphinopsis oculata Western Central Pacific 1896
Amorphinopsis sacciformis Western Central Pacific 1900
Amorphinopsis subacerata Western Central Pacific 1886
Axinyssa aculeata Central Pacific. 1925
Axinyssa ambrosia Western Central Atlantic. 1936
Axinyssa aplysinoides Indo-West Pacific. 1922
Axinyssa aurantiaca Northeast Atlantic 1864
Axinyssa bergquistae Northeast Atlantic 1997
Axinyssa mertoni Western Central Pacific 1912
Axinyssa radiata Western Central Pacific. 1983
Axinyssa valida Western Central Pacific 1899
Axinyssa variabilis Western Pacific 1897
Ciocalapata gibbsi Western Pacific
Ciocalypta bustamanti Southeast Pacific 2021
Ciocalypta colorata Western Indian Ocean 2018
Ciocalypta digitata Western Central Pacific 1905
Ciocalypta magnastyla Western Central Pacific 2020
Ciocalypta melichlora Indo-West Pacific. 1902
Ciocalypta penicillus Brush horny sponge Eastern Central Pacific a 1862
Ciocalypta rutila Indo-West Pacific. 1902
Ciocalypta tyleri Western Central Pacific 1873
Epipolasis suluensis Western Central Pacific 1925
Halichondria agglomerans Western Central Pacific 1968
Halichondria armata South China Sea. 1897
Halichondria bergquistae Western Central Pacific 1997
Halichondria bowerbanki Bowerbanks halichondria Arctic, Pacific Ocean and 1930
Halichondria cartilaginea Western Pacific 1794
Halichondria coerulea Eastern Central Pacific 1967
Halichondria colossea Northeast Atlantic and No 1902
Halichondria corrugata Western Central Atlantic 1993
Halichondria diazae Western Central Atlantic 2020
Halichondria difficilis Western Central Atlantic 1902
Halichondria fibrosa Fibrous horny sponge Northeast Pacific. 1887
Halichondria genetrix Northeast Pacific. 1870
Halichondria japonica Northwest Pacific 1922
Halichondria kelleri Northwest Pacific 2020
Halichondria lambei Conic horny sponge Northern Atlantic and the 1933
Halichondria lutea Western Central Atlantic. 2 H 1984
Halichondria magniconulosa Western Central Atlantic. 1965
Halichondria melanadocia Eastern Central Pacific a 1936
Halichondria membrana Eastern Central Pacific a 1866
Halichondria oblonga Arctic 1885
Halichondria panicea Bread-crumb sponge Northern Pacific, Norther 60 WD 1766
Halichondria poa Western Central Atlantic 1947
Halichondria sitiens Green-tinged sponge Arctic, Northeast Pacific 1870
Halichondria solidior Western Central Atlantic 1870
Halichondria topsenti Western Central Atlantic 1936
Halichondria turritella Western Central Atlantic 1870
Hymeniacidon agminata Western Central Pacific a 1884
Hymeniacidon assimilis Arctic 1887
Hymeniacidon burtoni Arctic 2020
Hymeniacidon caerulea Western Central Atlantic 1986
Hymeniacidon caruncula Western Central Atlantic 1857
Hymeniacidon chloris Eastern Central Pacific 1950
Hymeniacidon fernandezi Southeast Pacific and Ant 1905
Hymeniacidon heliophila Diurnal horny sponge Western Central Atlantic 1910
Hymeniacidon hentscheli Western Central Atlantic 2020
Hymeniacidon kerguelensis Antarctic Indian Ocean 1914
Hymeniacidon perlevis Arctic and Northeast Atla 1818
Hymeniacidon rubiginosa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1905
Hymeniacidon sinapium Eastern Pacific 1930
Hymeniacidon ungodon Eastern Pacific 1932
Hymeniacidon upaonassu Eastern Pacific 2020
Johannesia reticulosa Southeast Pacific 1905
Leucophloeus actites Southeast Pacific 1978
Pellina carbonaria Western Central Pacific a
Pellina sitiens Arctic, Eastern Central P
Spongosorites beringensis Arctic, Eastern Central P 2017
Spongosorites cabliersi Arctic, Eastern Central P 2021
Spongosorites porites Western Central Pacific. 1949
Tedanione obscurata Western Central Pacific. 1930
Topsentia bahamensis Western Central Atlantic. 1993
Topsentia bubaroides Western Central Pacific. 1983
Topsentia disparilis Arctic 1893
Topsentia distincta Eastern Central Pacific 1957
Topsentia dura Central Pacific 1897
Topsentia genitrix Central Pacific
Topsentia glabra Central Pacific 1898
Topsentia halichondrioides Indo-West Pacific. 1905
Topsentia indica Western Central Pacific 1912
Topsentia myxa Eastern Central Pacific 1951
Topsentia ophiraphidites Western Central Atlantic 1934
Topsentia profunditatis Western Central Atlantic 1870
Topsentia salomonensis Western Central Pacific 1922
Vosmaeria crustacea Northeast Atlantic 1885



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