''Spongia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of marine

sponge Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...

s in the family

Spongiidae Spongiidae is a Family (biology), family of sea sponges in the Order (biology), order Dictyoceratida. Genera *''Coscinoderma'' Carter, 1883 *''Evenor (sponge), Evenor'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 *''Hippospongia'' Schulze, 1879 *' Lendenfeld ...

, originally described by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including ''

Spongia officinalis ''Spongia officinalis'', better known as a variety of bath sponge, is a commercially used sea sponge. Individuals grow in large lobes with small openings and are formed by a mesh of primary and secondary fibers. It is light grey to black in color ...

'', 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, 2020 * '' Spongia alpheusi'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia hyatti'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia jeanbaptistei'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia lacinulosa'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia lamarcki'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * †'' Spongia mantelli'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia muricata'' sensu Linnaeus, 1759 * '' Spongia solidahyatti'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia stellifera'' Lamarck, 1814 ;Subgenus ''Australospongia'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia gracilis ''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 bee ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 ;Subgenus ''Heterofibria'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * '' Spongia catarinensis'' Mothes, Kasper, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2006 * '' Spongia corallina'' Kim & Sim, 2009 * '' Spongia corrugata'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia decooki ''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 bee ...

'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * ''

Spongia gorgonocephalus ''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 bee ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia manipulatus ''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 bee ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia mokohinau ''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 bee ...

'' Cook & Bergquist, 2001 * ''

Spongia peddemorsi ''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 bee ...

'' Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020 * ''

Spongia purpurea ''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 ...

'' Kim & Sim, 2009 * ''

Spongia smaragdus ''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 bee ...

'' Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019 ;Subgenus ''Spongia'' * ''

Spongia adjimensis ''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 bee ...

'' (Topsent, 1925) * ''

Spongia agaricina ''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 bee ...

'' Pallas, 1766 * ''

Spongia anclotea ''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 bee ...

'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * '' Spongia arabica'' arabica Keller, 1889 * '' Spongia australis'' Bergquist, 1995 * '' Spongia bailyi'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia barbara'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Spongia bibulus'' Rao, 1941 * '' Spongia brunnea'' Lévi, 1969 * '' Spongia cerebralis'' Thiele, 1905 * ''

Spongia ceylonensis ''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 ...

'' (Dendy, 1905) * '' Spongia coelosia'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Spongia conifera'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia cookii'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia distans'' (Schulz, 1900) * '' Spongia excavata'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia fistulosa'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia fuscoides'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia graminea'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia hispida'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia hospes'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia illawarra'' (Whitelegge, 1901) * '' Spongia lamella'' (Schulze, 1879) * '' Spongia lesleighae'' Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004 * '' Spongia lignea'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia lobosa'' (Poléjaeff, 1884) * '' Spongia magellanica'' Thiele, 1905 * '' Spongia matamata'' de Laubenfels, 1954 * '' Spongia mexicana'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia mollicula'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia mollissima'' Schmidt, 1862 * '' Spongia nicholsoni'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia nitens'' (Schmidt, 1862) * '' Spongia obliqua'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * '' Spongia obscura'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia oceanica'' de Laubenfels, 1950 * ''

'' Linnaeus, 1759 * '' Spongia osculata'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia osculosa'' (Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia perforata''(Lendenfeld, 1889) * '' Spongia pilosa'' (Wilson, 1902) * '' Spongia raoi'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Spongia reticulata'' (Lendenfeld, 1886) * '' Spongia solitaria'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia spinosa'' (Lendenfeld, 1888) * '' Spongia sterea'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * '' Spongia suriganensis'' (Wilson, 1925) * '' Spongia sweeti'' (Kirkpatrick, 1900) * '' Spongia tampa'' de Laubenfels & Storr, 1958 * ''

Spongia tectoria ''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 bee ...

'' Hyatt, 1877 * '' Spongia tenuiramosa'' (Dendy, 1905) * '' Spongia tubulifera'' Lamarck, 1814 * '' Spongia violacea'' Lévi, 1969 * '' Spongia virgultosa'' (Schmidt, 1868) * '' Spongia zimocca'' Schmidt, 1862

References

Spongiidae {{Demosponge-stub