Hippospongia Explained

Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 . www.gbif.org . 8 April 2021 . en.
2. Hippospongia . 131757 . 20 December 2021.