1. Genus Aplysinopsis Lendenfeld, 1888
2. Genus Cacospongia Schmidt, 1862
3. Genus Collospongia Bergquist, Cambie & Kernan, 1990
4. Genus Dactylospongia Bergquist, 1965
5. Genus Fascaplysinopsis Bergquist, 1980
6. Genus Fasciospongia Burton, 1934
7. Genus Fenestraspongia Bergquist, 1980
8. Genus Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
9. Genus Luffariella Thiele, 1899
10. Genus Petrosaspongia Bergquist, 1995
11. Genus Rubrafasciculus Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023
12. Genus Scalarispongia Cook & Bergquist, 2000
13. Genus Semitaspongia Cook & Bergquist, 2000
14. Genus Skolosachlys Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023
15. Genus Smenospongia Wiedenmayer, 1977
16. Genus Taonura Carter, 1882
17. Genus Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888
18. Genus Thorectandra Lendenfeld, 1889
19. Genus Thorectaxia Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999
20. Genus Antheroplax Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
21. Genus Duriella Row, 1911 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
22. Genus Dysideopsis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
23. Genus Geelongia Carter, 1885 accepted as Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888 (nomen oblitum)
24. Genus Halispongia Bowerbank, 1872 accepted as Thorectandra Lendenfeld, 1889 (preoccupied)
25. Genus Heteronema Keller, 1889 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
26. Genus Inodes de Laubenfels, 1957 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
27. Genus Oligoceras Schulze, 1880 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
28. Genus Sarcomus Fol, 1890 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
29. Genus Stelospongia Schulze, 1879 accepted as Fasciospongia Burton, 1934 (unjustified emendation for Stelospongos)
30. Genus Stelospongos Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Fasciospongia Burton, 1934 (nomen nudum)
31. Genus Stelospongus Ridley, 1884 accepted as Fasciospongia Burton, 1934 (unjustified emendation for Stelospongos)
32. Genus Thorectopsamma Burton, 1934 accepted as Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

Bergquist, P.R. (1978). Sponges. <em>Hutchinson: London, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles.</em> 1-268. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Thorectinae Bergquist, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165296 on 2024-04-19

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