Category
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Spongia officinalis
species of sponge

Spongia
thumb|Spongia lamella in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]
Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including Spongia officinalis, are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been replaced in that use by synthetic or plant material.
Hippospongia
Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Spongiidae
Spongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Leiosella
Leiosella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.