Spongia

Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species.[1] Some species, including Spongia officinalis, are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been replaced in that use by synthetic or plant material.

Spongia
Spongia officinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Spongiidae
Genus: Spongia
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Global distribution of Spongia species
Spongia lamella in the Mediterranean Sea

Classification

The following species are recognised in the genus Spongia:[1]

Subgenus unassigned
  • Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia alpheusi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia hyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia jeanbaptistei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia lacinulosa Lamarck, 1814
  • Spongia lamarcki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • †Spongia mantelli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia muricata sensu Linnaeus, 1759
  • Spongia solidahyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia stellifera Lamarck, 1814
Subgenus Australospongia Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia gracilis Cook & Bergquist, 2001
Subgenus Heterofibria Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia catarinensis Mothes, Kasper, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2006
  • Spongia corallina Kim & Sim, 2009
  • Spongia corrugata Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia gorgonocephalus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia manipulatus Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia mokohinau Cook & Bergquist, 2001
  • Spongia peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020
  • Spongia purpurea Kim & Sim, 2009
  • Spongia smaragdus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
Subgenus Spongia
  • Spongia adjimensis (Topsent, 1925)
  • Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766
  • Spongia anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  • Spongia arabica arabica Keller, 1889
  • Spongia australis Bergquist, 1995
  • Spongia bailyi (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Spongia bibulus Rao, 1941
  • Spongia brunnea Lévi, 1969
  • Spongia cerebralis Thiele, 1905
  • Spongia ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
  • Spongia coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Spongia conifera (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Spongia cookii Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia distans (Schulz, 1900)
  • Spongia excavata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia fistulosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia hispida Lamarck, 1814
  • Spongia hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia illawarra (Whitelegge, 1901)
  • Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879)
  • Spongia lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
  • Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia lobosa (Poléjaeff, 1884)
  • Spongia magellanica Thiele, 1905
  • Spongia matamata de Laubenfels, 1954
  • Spongia mexicana Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia mollicula Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862
  • Spongia nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia nitens (Schmidt, 1862)
  • Spongia obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Spongia obscura Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia oceanica de Laubenfels, 1950
  • Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
  • Spongia osculata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia osculosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia perforata(Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Spongia pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
  • Spongia raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  • Spongia reticulata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Spongia solitaria Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  • Spongia sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  • Spongia suriganensis (Wilson, 1925)
  • Spongia sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900)
  • Spongia tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958
  • Spongia tectoria Hyatt, 1877
  • Spongia tenuiramosa (Dendy, 1905)
  • Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
  • Spongia violacea Lévi, 1969
  • Spongia virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868)
  • Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862

References
  1. van Soest, R. (2014). Spongia. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131759 on 2014-04-25


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