Sponge genera

Hyrtios is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Thorectidae.

Luffariella is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae. Its first valid description was given in 1899 by Johannes Thiele.

Holopsamma is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae.

Phoriospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Chondropsidae.

Petrosia is a benthic genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae.

Grantiopsis is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Lelapiidae.

Pachastrella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Pachastrellidae, that was first described in 1868 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt.

Terpios is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Suberitidae.

Plectroninia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Minchinellidae.

Fibulia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dendoricellidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern South Hemisphere.

genus of sponges

Abyssocladia is a genus of the family Cladorhizidae, a family of carnivorous sponges. It is made up of at least 39 species found in oceans all over the world.

Neopetrosia is a genus of marine petrosiid sponges. It was first established by the American spongiologist Max Walker de Laubenfels in 1932. It contains these 27 species:

Heteropia is a genus of sponges in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter. The type species by monotypy is Heteropia ramosa (Carter, 1886), which he first called Aphroceras ramosa in the very same publication.

genus of sponges

genus of sponges

Leiosella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.

Ianthella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Ianthellidae. The species of this genus are found in Australia, Africa and Central America.

Biemna is a genus of sea sponges in the family Biemnidae.

genus of sponges

Tedania is a genus of sea sponges in the family Tedaniidae.

Lubomirskia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Lubomirskiidae.

Craniella is a genus of marine sponges in the family Tetillidae.

Jenkina is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Jenkinidae.

Sycettusa is a genus of sponges in the family Heteropiidae.

Suberites is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae. Sponges, known scientifically as Porifera, are the oldest metazoans and are used to elucidate the basics of multicellular evolution. These living fossils are ideal for studying the principal features of metazoans, such as extracellular matrix interactions, signal-receptor systems, nervous or sensory systems, and primitive immune systems. Thus, sponges are useful tools with which to study early animal evolution. They appeared approximately 580 million years ago, in the Ediacaran.

Crella is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Crellidae.

Potamophloios is a genus of freshwater sponges within the family Potamolepidae.

genus of sponges

genus of sponges

genus of sponges

Hymeniacidon is a genus of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae. Some members of the genus are known to be mobile, achieving speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.

Cymbastela is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae.

genus of sponges

Leucetta is a genus of sponges in the family Leucettidae, which was first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel. The type species is Leucetta primigenia Haeckel, 1872 by subsequent designation.

Spheciospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Clionaidae.

Asbestopluma is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Cladorhizidae.

Ascandra is a genus of calcareous sponges of the family Dendyidae and are found in oceans around the world.

Neofibularia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Biemnidae.

Halicnemia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Stelligeridae.

Ectyonopsis is a genus of demosponges in the family Myxillidae. They are mostly known from the waters surrounding Australia and from the Southern Ocean.

Antho is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is known from virtually all parts of the global ocean. There are 62 species in five subgenera.

Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.

Dasychalina is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.

Pericharax is a genus of sponges in the family Leucettidae, which was first described in 1883 by Poléjaeff.

genus of sponges

Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886).

Rhizaxinella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Suberitidae.

Atergia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Polymastiidae.

genus of sponges

Strongylacidon is a genus of sponges in the family Chondropsidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.

Corvomeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Metaniidae.

Gelliodes is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.

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Heteromeyenia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae.

Lissodendoryx is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.

Hemiasterella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Hemiasterellidae.

Pseudoceratina is a genus of sponge within the family Pseudoceratinidae. They are characterized by possession of a dendritic fiber skeleton lacking laminar bark but containing pith. They have been found in a variety of habitats including the Great Barrier reef (Queensland, Australia) and the Red Sea. Sponges of this genus have a microbiome known to produce a variety of chemicals that are used in pharmaceutical and anti-fouling activities. Notably, a species in this genus produces a chemical that is effective in inhibiting the migration of metastatic breast cancer cells.

Infantella is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae. The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres. This genus contains 6 species.

Cribrochalina is a genus of sponges with eight described species.