Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Adocia dubia				1978
Chalinula camerata		Western Pacific		1884
Chalinula chelysa		Western Pacific		2022
Chalinula hooperi		Western Central Pacific		2000
Chalinula limbata		Western Central Pacific		1814
Chalinula loosanoffi	Eroded sponge	Western Central Atlantic		1958
Chalinula molitba		Atlantic Ocean.	15 H	1949
Chalinula nematifera		Western Central Pacific.		1954
Chalinula pedunculata		Western Central Pacific.		1878
Chalinula qatari		Western Central Pacific.		2020
Chalinula ramiculosa		Western Central Pacific.		2022
Chalinula variabilis		Western Central Pacific.		1905
Chalinula velinea		Western Central Pacific		1954
Chalinula zeae		Western Central Atlantic		2000
Cladocroce aculeata		Western Central Pacific		1982
Cladocroce burapha		Western Central Pacific		2004
Cladocroce incurvata		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Cladocroce ventilabrum		Western Central Pacific.		1887
Gellius angulatus		Western Central Pacific.
Gellius primitivus		Western Central Pacific.
Haliclona agglutinata		Southeast Pacific		1990
Haliclona albifragilis		Western Central Atlantic.		1965
Haliclona altera		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1901
Haliclona amboinensis		Western Pacific.		1961
Haliclona anatarius		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Haliclona angulata		Northeast Atlantic.		1866
Haliclona aquaeductus		Eastern Central Pacific		1862
Haliclona atra		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Haliclona australis		Western Pacific		1888
Haliclona baeri		Western Central Pacific		1925
Haliclona battershilli		Southwest Pacific		2019
Haliclona bergquistae		Southwest Pacific		2020
Haliclona bouryesnaultae		Southwest Pacific		2020
Haliclona caerulea	Blue Caribbean sponge	Pacific Ocean and Western		1965
Haliclona canaliculata		Pacific Ocean and Western		1958
Haliclona carduus		Southeast Pacific and Ant		1886
Haliclona carteri		Western Central Pacific		1959
Haliclona centrangulata		Western Central Pacific		1902
Haliclona chankanaabiis		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona cinerea	Ashy horny sponge	Northeast Atlantic, Medit		1826
Haliclona clairae		Southeast Pacific		2021
Haliclona clathrata		Western Pacific		1895
Haliclona claudelevii		Western Pacific		2020
Haliclona cnidata		Western Pacific		2019
Haliclona constans		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1982
Haliclona cribriformis		Western Pacific		1884
Haliclona cucurbitiformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1907
Haliclona curacaoensis		Western Central Atlantic.	4 H	1980
Haliclona cymaeformis		Indo-West Pacific.		1794
Haliclona dancoi		Antarctica.		1913
Haliclona decidua		Western Pacific		1906
Haliclona dianae		Southeast Pacific		2021
Haliclona divulgata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1964
Haliclona ecbasis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1930
Haliclona emilei		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2020
Haliclona emiletopsenti		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2020
Haliclona ernsthentscheli		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2020
Haliclona ernsti		Antarctic Indian Ocean		2020
Haliclona fascigera		Western Central Pacific.		1912
Haliclona fibulata		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1862
Haliclona fistulosa		Western Pacific and Weste		1866
Haliclona flabelliformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Haliclona flabellodigitata		Eastern Central Pacific		1934
Haliclona flagellifera	Wild switch horny sponge	Indo-Pacific, Northwest A		1886
Haliclona forcipata		Western Central Pacific		1903
Haliclona gellindra	Carmel horny sponge	Eastern Pacific		1932
Haliclona glaberrima		Western Central Pacific		1897
Haliclona glacialis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Haliclona gracilis	Slender horny sponge	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Haliclona gustavopulitzeri		Arctic and Northern Atlan		2020
Haliclona hebes		Western Central Atlantic		1870
Haliclona henrycarteri		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Haliclona hispidula		Western Central Pacific		1897
Haliclona holgerbrondstedi		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona hoshinoi		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona implexa		Western Central Pacific		1868
Haliclona implexiformis		Western Central Atlantic.	4 OT	1965
Haliclona incrustata		Western Central Pacific		1912
Haliclona indistincta		Western Central Pacific		1866
Haliclona irregularis		Western Central Pacific		1896
Haliclona jeancharcoti		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona jeanmicheli		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona juckdoensis		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona kieschnicki		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona kirkpatricki		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona korema		Western Central Pacific		1954
Haliclona koremella		Western Central Pacific		1954
Haliclona latisigmae		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1982
Haliclona laubenfelsi		Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona lendenfeldi		Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona leopoldbaeri		Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona leopoldi		Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona levii		Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona madrepora		Western Pacific		1889
Haliclona magnifica		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Haliclona mamillata		Northeast Atlantic		1971
Haliclona manglaris		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 OT	1984
Haliclona massiliensis		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Haliclona mediterranea		Northeast Atlantic		1971
Haliclona michelei		Northeast Atlantic		2020
Haliclona minima		Western Central Pacific		1887
Haliclona mokuoloea		Eastern Central Pacific		1950
Haliclona mollis	Delicate horny sponge	Western Atlantic		1870
Haliclona mucifibrosa		Western Central Atlantic	15 WD	1991
Haliclona nigra		Western Central Pacific		1929
Haliclona nitens		Southeast Pacific		1990
Haliclona nodosa		Western Central Pacific.		1993
Haliclona oberi		Southeast Pacific		2021
Haliclona oceanus		Southeast Pacific		2020
Haliclona oculata	Eyed finger sponge	Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1759
Haliclona olivacea		Western Central Pacific		1995
Haliclona palmata		Western Central Pacific		1791
Haliclona patbergquistae		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona pedicelata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1986
Haliclona pedunculata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1886
Haliclona penicillata		Antarctica.		1908
Haliclona permollis	Purple sponge	Pacific Ocean and Western	2.5 H	1866
Haliclona pigmentifera		Western Central Pacific		1905
Haliclona piscaderaensis		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 OT	1980
Haliclona porosa		Northern Atlantic and the		1887
Haliclona pulitzerfinalii		Northern Atlantic and the		2020
Haliclona pulitzeri		Northern Atlantic and the		2020
Haliclona rapanui		Southeast Pacific		1990
Haliclona rava		Northeast Atlantic		1912
Haliclona reversa		Southwest Pacific		1911
Haliclona ridleyi		Western Pacific		1912
Haliclona rosea		Atlantic, Western Central		1866
Haliclona roslynae		Southeast Pacific		2021
Haliclona rowi		Southeast Pacific		2020
Haliclona rudis		Antarctica.		1901
Haliclona rufescens	Red horny sponge	Arctic and Northwest Atla		1893
Haliclona sanguinea		Western Central Pacific		1995
Haliclona scotti		Antarctic Pacific		1907
Haliclona similis		Western Central Pacific		1897
Haliclona simulans		Indo-West Pacific and Nor		1842
Haliclona sonnae		Southwest Pacific		2019
Haliclona sorongae		Western Central Pacific		1934
Haliclona spuma		Southeast Pacific		2021
Haliclona strongylata		South China Sea.		1897
Haliclona stygobia		South China Sea.		2020
Haliclona subtilis		Northeast Atlantic		1971
Haliclona tabernacula		Western Central Pacific		1911
Haliclona takaharui		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona tanitai		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona tenella		Antarctica.		1916
Haliclona tenuiramosa		Western Central Pacific		1930
Haliclona tenuispiculata		Western Central Pacific		1934
Haliclona thielei		Western Central Pacific		2020
Haliclona topsenti		Southeast Pacific and Ant		1905
Haliclona toxia		Indo-West Pacific.		1897
Haliclona toxotes		Western Central Pacific		1912
Haliclona translucida		Southeast Pacific		1990
Haliclona tubifera		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 OT	1919
Haliclona turquoisia		Western Central Pacific		1954
Haliclona twincayensis		Western Central Atlantic	10 BRL	1991
Haliclona tyria		Western Central Pacific		1995
Haliclona urceolus	Small pitcher horny sponge	Arctic and Northern Atlan		1806
Haliclona vansoesti		Western Central Atlantic	8 OT	1999
Haliclona varia	Maculate horny sponge	Western Central Pacific		1875
Haliclona venusta		Western Central Pacific		1875
Haliclona vermeuleni		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 H	2000
Haliclona virens		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1908
Haliclona viridis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Haliclona viscosa		Northeast Atlantic		1888
Haliclona vladimirkoltuni		Arctic.		2020
Haliclona willundbecki		Arctic.		2020
Haliclona xena		Northeast Atlantic		1986
Haliclona xenomorpha		Northwest Atlantic		2020
Prianos problematicus		Northwest Atlantic		1930
Reniera accomodata		Northwest Atlantic
Reniera mollis		Northwest Atlantic		1893
Reniera mucosa		Northwest Atlantic
Reniera omissa		Northwest Atlantic
Reniera siphonella		Northwest Atlantic
Rhaphisia hispida		Northwest Atlantic
Rhaphisia laxa		Northwest Atlantic
Rhaphisia menzeli		Western Central Atlantic
Rhaphisia pallida		Western Central Atlantic
Rhaphisia ramosa		Western Central Atlantic
Rhaphisia spissa		Western Central Atlantic
Sigmadocia edaphus		Eastern Pacific	7.5 H	1930
Sigmadocia recondita		Eastern Pacific
Toxadocia alusiana		Eastern Pacific
Toxadocia cylindrica		Eastern Pacific
Toxadocia toxophorus		Eastern Pacific
Toxadocia tyroeis		Eastern Pacific
Toxadocia zumi		Eastern Pacific
Toxiclona gaussiana		Eastern Pacific		1914

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Family: Chalinidae (See list of species below)

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