Hippospongia
Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are accepted within Hippospongia:- Hippospongia ammata de Laubenfels, 1954
- Hippospongia anfractuosa
- Hippospongia canaliculata
- Hippospongia cerebrum Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia communis
- Hippospongia cylindrica Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia densa Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia derasa Ridley, 1884
- Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia galea
- Hippospongia gossypina
- Hippospongia lachne
- Hippospongia laxa Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia massa Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia mauritiana
- Hippospongia micropora
- Hippospongia mollissima
- Hippospongia multicia Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
- Hippospongia nigra
- Hippospongia osculata Lendenfeld, 1889
- Hippospongia pacifica
- Hippospongia seposita Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
- Hippospongia typica Lendenfeld, 1889