Hippospongia
Hippospongia equina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Spongiidae
Genus: Hippospongia
Schulze, 1879
Species
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Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

The following species are accepted within Hippospongia:[2]

  • Hippospongia ammata de Laubenfels, 1954
  • Hippospongia anfractuosa (Carter, 1885)
  • Hippospongia canaliculata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Hippospongia cerebrum Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Hippospongia cylindrica Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia densa Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia derasa Ridley, 1884
  • Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia galea (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Hippospongia lachne (Laubenfels, 1936)
  • Hippospongia laxa Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia massa Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia mauritiana (Hyatt, 1877)
  • Hippospongia micropora (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Hippospongia mollissima (Lendenfeld, 1889)
  • Hippospongia multicia Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
  • Hippospongia nigra (Lendenfeld, 1886)
  • Hippospongia osculata Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hippospongia pacifica (Hyatt, 1877)
  • Hippospongia seposita Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
  • Hippospongia typica Lendenfeld, 1889

References

  1. 1 2 "Hippospongia Schulze, 1879". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. "Hippospongia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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