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Family: Petrosiidae



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59 species (see list below)
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Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica
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Acanthostrongylophora ingens
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Neopetrosia carbonaria
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Neopetrosia chaliniformis
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Neopetrosia compacta
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Neopetrosia contignata
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Neopetrosia cristata
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Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea
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Neopetrosia eructans
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Neopetrosia exigua
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Neopetrosia granulosa
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Max. Length 4 cm OT
 
Neopetrosia proxima
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Max. Length 78 cm H
 
Neopetrosia rosariensis
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Neopetrosia seriata
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Neopetrosia sigmafera
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Neopetrosia similis
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Max. Length 2 cm BRW
 
Neopetrosia subtriangularis
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Neopetrosia truncata
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Neopetrosia tuberosa
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Neopetrosia vanilla
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Petrosia capsa
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Choi, Jong-Kwan

Western Central Pacific

Petrosia corticata(Wilson, 1925)

Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan
 
Petrosia corticata
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Petrosia cretacea
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Petrosia crustata
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Petrosia densissima
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Petrosia durissima
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Petrosia ernesti
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Petrosia expansa
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Coudre, Christian

Mediterranean.

Petrosia ficiformis(Poiret, 1798)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Petrosia ficiformis
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Petrosia granifera
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Petrosia hoeksemai
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Petrosia lignosa
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Petrosia mamillata
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Petrosia microxea
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Petrosia muta
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Petrosia nigricans
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Petrosia pellasarca
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Petrosia plana
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Petrosia pluricristata
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Petrosia pulvilla
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Petrosia puna
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Petrosia punctata
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Petrosia seychellensis
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Petrosia strongylata
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Petrosia weinbergi
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Strongylophora amphioxa
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Strongylophora davilai
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Strongylophora hartmani
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Strongylophora rampa
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Strongylophora santa
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Xestospongia bergquistia
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Xestospongia deweerdtae
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Xestospongia dorigo
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Xestospongia hispida
[Hard gnarled clump sponge]
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Max. Length 250 cm WD
 
Xestospongia muta
[Giant barrel sponge]

Jan Messersmith

Xestospongia testudina

Xestospongia testudinaria(Lamarck, 1815)

Photo by Jan Messersmith
 
Xestospongia testudinaria
[Barrel sponge]
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Xestospongia trindanea
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Xestospongia variabilis
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Xestospongia wiedenmayeri
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