Spongia
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.
Classification
The following species are recognised in the genus Spongia:;Subgenus unassigned:Spongia alpheushyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia alpheusi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia hyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia jeanbaptistei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia lacinulosa Lamarck, 1814Spongia lamarcki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- †Spongia mantelli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia muricata sensu Linnaeus, 1759Spongia solidahyatti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia stellifera Lamarck, 1814
;Subgenus Heterofibria Cook & Bergquist, 2001Spongia catarinensis Mothes, Kasper, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2006Spongia corallina Kim & Sim, 2009Spongia corrugata Cook & Bergquist, 2001Spongia decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia gorgonocephalus Cook & Bergquist, 2001Spongia manipulatus Cook & Bergquist, 2001Spongia mokohinau Cook & Bergquist, 2001Spongia peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020Spongia purpurea Kim & Sim, 2009Spongia smaragdus Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
;Subgenus SpongiaSpongia adjimensis Spongia agaricina Pallas, 1766Spongia anclotea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958Spongia arabica arabica Keller, 1889Spongia australis Bergquist, 1995Spongia bailyi Spongia barbara Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864Spongia bibulus Rao, 1941Spongia brunnea Lévi, 1969Spongia cerebralis Thiele, 1905Spongia ceylonensis Spongia coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864Spongia conifera Spongia cookii Hyatt, 1877Spongia distans Spongia excavata Spongia fistulosa Spongia fuscoides Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia graminea Hyatt, 1877Spongia hispida Lamarck, 1814Spongia hospes Spongia illawarra Spongia lamella Spongia lesleighae Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004Spongia lignea Hyatt, 1877Spongia lobosa Spongia magellanica Thiele, 1905Spongia matamata de Laubenfels, 1954Spongia mexicana Hyatt, 1877Spongia mollicula Hyatt, 1877Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862Spongia nicholsoni Hyatt, 1877Spongia nitens Spongia obliqua Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864Spongia obscura Hyatt, 1877Spongia oceanica de Laubenfels, 1950Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759Spongia osculata Spongia osculosa Spongia perforataSpongia pilosa Spongia raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020Spongia reticulata Spongia solitaria Hyatt, 1877Spongia spinosa Spongia sterea de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958Spongia suriganensis Spongia sweeti Spongia tampa de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958Spongia tectoria Hyatt, 1877Spongia tenuiramosa Spongia tubulifera Lamarck, 1814Spongia violacea Lévi, 1969Spongia virgultosa Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862