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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Spongiidae

Genus: Spongia

(See list of species below)

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21 species (see list below)
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Ferreira, Vasco Manuel

Northeast Atlantic and Me
Max. Length 100 cm WD
Spongia agaricinaPallas, 1766

Photo by Ferreira, Vasco Manuel
 
Spongia agaricina
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia australis
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia barbara
[Yellow sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia cerebriformis
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia ceylonensis
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia graminea
[Key grass sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia irregularis
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia lamella
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia matamata
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia mollissima
[]

FAO

Mediterranean.
Max. Length 20 cm WD
Spongia nitens(Schmidt, 1862)

Photo by FAO
 
Spongia nitens
[Shiny sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia obliqua
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia obscura
[Grass sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia oceania
[]

Aydin, Mehmet

Mediterranean.

Spongia officinalisLinnaeus, 1759

Photo by Aydin, Mehmet
 
Spongia officinalis
[Greek bathing sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia pertusa
[]
No picture found
 
Spongia sterea
[Wire sponge]
No picture found
 
Spongia tampa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm H
 
Spongia tubulifera
[]

FAO

Southeast Pacific, Centra

Spongia virgultosa(Schmidt, 1868)

Photo by FAO
 
Spongia virgultosa
[Finger sponge]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm DL
 
Spongia zimocca
[Leather sponge]


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