WoRMS taxon details
Spongiidae Gray, 1867
- Genus Coscinoderma Carter, 1883
- Genus Hippospongia Schulze, 1879
- Genus Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888
- Genus Leiosella Lendenfeld, 1888
- Genus Rhopaloeides Thompson, Murphy, Bergquist & Evans, 1987
- Genus Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
- Genus Evenor Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Aphrodite Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
- Genus Ceratodendron Marshall, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
- Genus Ditela Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759 (junior synonym)
- Genus Euspongia Bronn, 1859 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759 (junior synonym)
- Genus Hippiospongia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
- Genus Luffariospongia Burton, 1937 accepted as Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
- Genus Silicifibris Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 (junior synonym)
- Genus Trypespongia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131626 on 2025-12-09
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R. (2002 [2004]]). Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | モクヨクカイメン科 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongiidae)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005121.PR)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongiidae)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005121.PR)
To ITIS
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