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 (Carter, 1885)
 * Hippospongia canaliculata (Lendenfeld, 1886)
 * Hippospongia cerebrum Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)
 * Hippospongia cylindrica Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia densa Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia derasa Ridley, 1884
 * Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia galea (Lendenfeld, 1886)
 * Hippospongia gossypina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
 * Hippospongia lachne (Laubenfels, 1936)
 * Hippospongia laxa Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia massa Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia mauritiana (Hyatt, 1877)
 * Hippospongia micropora (Lendenfeld, 1889)
 * Hippospongia mollissima (Lendenfeld, 1889)
 * Hippospongia multicia Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
 * Hippospongia nigra (Lendenfeld, 1886)
 * Hippospongia osculata Lendenfeld, 1889
 * Hippospongia pacifica (Hyatt, 1877)
 * Hippospongia seposita Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
 * Hippospongia typica Lendenfeld, 1889