Carteriospongia

Carteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.

There is some debate around the taxonomy of the group, with a 2021 molecular and morphological assessment of the subfamily Phyllospongiinae suggesting that Carteriospongia should become a synonym of Phyllospongia, and reinstating Carteriospongia flabellifera to its original designation of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera. The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae '''sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov.'''.

Species

 * Carteriospongia contorta Bergquist, Ayling & Wilkinson, 1988
 * Carteriospongia delicata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
 * Carteriospongia fissurella (de Laubenfels, 1948)
 * Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
 * Carteriospongia mystica Hyatt, 1877
 * Carteriospongia pennatula (Lamarck, 1813)
 * Carteriospongia perforata Hyatt, 1877
 * Carteriospongia silicata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
 * Carteriospongia vermicularis (Lendenfeld, 1889)