Plakortis communis is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy.[1] [2]
The holotype was collected off Cartier Island, Western Australia,[1] and the species is found in the IMCRA regions of "Timor Province", "Southwest Shelf Transition", and "Northeast Shelf Province",[1] that is, off the Queensland coast and the North & South-west coasts of Western Australia.