Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (additional source)
Amphoriscus elongatus Poléjaeff, 1883 (additional source)
Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 (additional source)
Auloplax auricularis Schulze, 1904 (additional source)
Chondrocladia michaelsarsii Arnesen, 1920 represented as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) virgata Thomson, 1873 (additional source)
Cladorhiza abyssicola Sars, 1872 (additional source)
Cladorhiza flosabyssi Topsent, 1909 (additional source)
Cladorhiza grimaldii Topsent, 1909 accepted as Nullarbora grimaldii (Topsent, 1909) (additional source)
Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898) (additional source)
Corallistes bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Neoschrammeniella bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863) (additional source)
Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928 (additional source)
Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) (additional source)
Euplectella nobilis Schulze, 1904 (additional source)
Euplectella suberea Thomson, 1876 (additional source)
Eurypon lacazei (Topsent, 1891) (additional source)
Farrea occa var. foliascens Topsent, 1906 accepted as Farrea foliascens Topsent, 1906 (additional source)
Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876 (additional source)
Grantia intermedia Thacker, 1908 (additional source)
Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Halicnemia constellata (Topsent, 1893) accepted as Paratimea constellata (Topsent, 1893) (additional source)
Halicnemia duplex Topsent, 1927 accepted as Paratimea duplex (Topsent, 1927) (additional source)
Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) (additional source)
Hamacantha johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) represented as Hamacantha (Hamacantha) johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) (additional source)
Hemiasterella elongata Topsent, 1928 (additional source)
Hertwigia falcifera Schmidt, 1880 (additional source)
Hymedesmia gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) gracilisigma Topsent, 1928 (additional source)
Hymedesmia storea Lundbeck, 1910 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) storea Lundbeck, 1910 (additional source)
Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Lanuginella Schmidt, 1870 (additional source)
Lanuginella pupa Schmidt, 1870 (additional source)
Leiodermatium lynceus Schmidt, 1870 (additional source)
Leucosolenia blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) accepted as Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) (additional source)
Oceanapia coriacea (Topsent, 1904) (additional source)
Oceanapia tuber (Lundbeck, 1902) (additional source)
Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 (additional source)
Plocamiancora denticulata Topsent, 1927 (additional source)
Poliopogon amadou Thomson, 1873 (additional source)
Polymastia agglutinans Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (additional source)
Rhabderemia intexta (Carter, 1876) (additional source)
Sarostegia oculata Topsent, 1904 (additional source)
Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888 accepted as Vulcanella gracilis (Sollas, 1888) (additional source)
Spirastrella minax (Topsent, 1888) accepted as Trachycladus minax (Topsent, 1888) (additional source)
Stelletta latiancora Topsent, 1928 (additional source)
Stylopus indivisus Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmia (Stylopus) indivisa (Topsent, 1928) (additional source)
Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) (additional source)
Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Sympagella nux Schmidt, 1870 (additional source)
Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Thenea fenestrata (Schmidt, 1880) (additional source)
Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886 (additional source)
Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) (additional source)

Azores Canaries Madeira for Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) 
Cape Verde for Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826) 
Cape Verde for Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) 
Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone for Halicnemia constellata (Topsent, 1893) 
Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone for Sphinctrella gracilis Sollas, 1888 
Cargados Carajos for Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862)  (inaccurate)
Gulf of Guinea West for Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Haliclona angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Oceanapia coriacea (Topsent, 1904) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Oceanapia tuber (Lundbeck, 1902)  (inaccurate)
Gulf of Guinea West for Polymastia agglutinans Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
Gulf of Guinea West for Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) 
Gulf of Guinea West for Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862 
Sahelian Upwelling for Amphoriscus elongatus Poléjaeff, 1883  (inaccurate)
Sahelian Upwelling for Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) 
Sahelian Upwelling for Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) 

 Authority

 for Haliclona similis (Topsent, 1897)

Burton (1956) recorded Haliclona similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886 as Petrosia); this is not Haliclona similis ... [details]

 Holotype

 for Callyspongia simplex Burton, 1956

Zoological Museum of Copenhagen [details]

 Holotype

 for Hymedesmia arborescens Burton, 1956

ZMUC [details]

 Holotype

 for Vibulinus micraster Burton, 1956

BMNH / ZMUC Zoological Museum of Copenhagen [details]

 Original Combination

 for Antho (Antho) atlantidae Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013

This was originally recorded by Burton (1956) as Antho involvens. [details]