Sponges
Sponges in this database: 10,401 species, recorded across 2 countries.
- Species filed
- 10,401
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 2
- With a free photo
- 0%
The 60 best-known sponges
Most looked-up first. There are 10,401 on file: browse and filter them all.
Bath sponge
Spongia officinalis
Venus' flower basket
Euplectella aspergillum
Gold sponge
Aplysina aerophoba
Breadcrumb sponge
Halichondria panicea
Harp sponge
Chondrocladia lyra
Barrel sponge
Xestospongia testudinaria
Stovepipe sponge
Aplysina archeri
Chicken liver sponge
Chondrilla nucula
Neptune's cup sponge
Cliona patera
Lake sponge
Spongilla lacustris
Boring sponge
Cliona celata
River sponge
Ephydatia fluviatilis
Yellow clathrina
Clathrina clathrus
Yellow cave sponge
Aplysina cavernicola
Candle sponge
Aplysina fistularis
Tube sponge
Callyspongia aculeata
Kidney sponge
Chondrosia reniformis
Purse sponge
Grantia compressa
Horse sponge
Hippospongia communis
Stony sponge
Petrosia ficiformis
Sulfur sponge
Suberites domuncula
Oyster sponge
Crambe crambe
White sponge
Geodia gibberosa
Golf ball sponge
Tethya aurantium
Giant barrel sponge
Xestospongia muta
Orange wall sponge
Agelas clathrodes
Yellow sponge
Axinella damicornis
White clathrina
Clathrina coriacea
Lesser freshwater sponge
Ephydatia muelleri
Barrett's horny sponge
Geodia barretti
Eyed sponge
Haliclona oculata
Paper sponge
Ianthella basta
Elephant ear sponge
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Tangerine sponge
Tethya actinia
Red volcano sponge
Acarnus erithacus
Maltese sponge
Agelas oroides
Branching sponge
Axinella dissimilis
Mediterranean mermaids glove
Axinella verrucosa
Green boring sponge
Cliona viridis
Giant sponge
Geodia cydonium
Bell sponge
Ircinia campana
Pancake sponge
Leuconia nivea
Yellow lobed sponge
Myxilla incrustans
Pink vase sponge
Niphates digitalis
Turkish pie
Ochridaspongia rotunda
Bluish encrusting sponge
Phorbas tenacior
Nipple sponge
Polymastia boletiformis
Manjack
Spheciospongia vesparium
Encrusting sponge
Spirastrella cunctatrix
Cactus sponge
Acanthella acuta
Citron sponge
Agelas citrina
Pan pipe sponge
Agelas conifera
Row pore rope sponge
Aplysina cauliformis
Scattered pore rope sponge
Aplysina fulva
Orange candlestick sponge
Axinella cannabina
Common antler sponge
Axinella polypoides
Prickly tube sponge
Callyspongia crassa
Orange ball sponge
Cinachyrella alloclada
Red sponge
Clathria prolifera
California boring sponge
Cliona californiana
Where are sponges found?
Species on file in this group listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6+
How “sponges” is defined here
A species belongs to this group if it sits anywhere under one of these branches of the classification.
Greyed branches have no species on file yet.