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Family: Halichondriidae



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Amorphinopsis atlantica
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Amorphinopsis excavans
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Amorphinopsis fenestrata
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Amorphinopsis foetida
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Amorphinopsis oculata
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Amorphinopsis sacciformis
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Amorphinopsis subacerata
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Axinyssa aculeata
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Axinyssa ambrosia
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Axinyssa aplysinoides
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Axinyssa aurantiaca
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Axinyssa bergquistae
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Axinyssa mertoni
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Axinyssa radiata
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Axinyssa valida
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Axinyssa variabilis
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Ciocalapata gibbsi
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Ciocalypta bustamanti
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Ciocalypta colorata
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Ciocalypta digitata
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Ciocalypta magnastyla
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Ciocalypta melichlora
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Ferreira, Vasco Manuel

Eastern Central Pacific a

Ciocalypta penicillusBowerbank, 1862

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Ciocalypta penicillus
[Brush horny sponge]
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Ciocalypta rutila
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Ciocalypta tyleri
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Epipolasis suluensis
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Halichondria agglomerans
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Halichondria armata
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Halichondria bergquistae
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Arctic, Pacific Ocean and

Halichondria bowerbankiBurton, 1930

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Halichondria bowerbanki
[Bowerbanks halichondria]
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Halichondria cartilaginea
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Halichondria coerulea
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Halichondria colossea
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Halichondria corrugata
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Halichondria diazae
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Halichondria difficilis
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Halichondria fibrosa
[Fibrous horny sponge]
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Halichondria genetrix
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Halichondria japonica
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Halichondria kelleri
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Halichondria lambei
[Conic horny sponge]
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Max. Length 2 cm H

 
Halichondria lutea
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Halichondria magniconulosa
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Halichondria melanadocia
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Halichondria membrana
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Halichondria oblonga
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Pacific, Norther
Max. Length 60 cm WD
Halichondria panicea(Pallas, 1766)

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Halichondria panicea
[Bread-crumb sponge]
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Halichondria poa
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Halichondria sitiens
[Green-tinged sponge]
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Halichondria solidior
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Halichondria topsenti
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Halichondria turritella
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Hymeniacidon agminata
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Hymeniacidon assimilis
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Hymeniacidon burtoni
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Hymeniacidon caerulea
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Hymeniacidon caruncula
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Hymeniacidon chloris
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Hymeniacidon fernandezi
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Hymeniacidon heliophila
[Diurnal horny sponge]
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Hymeniacidon hentscheli
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Hymeniacidon kerguelensis
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Fenwick, David

Arctic and Northeast Atla

Hymeniacidon perlevis(Montagu, 1818)

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Hymeniacidon perlevis
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Hymeniacidon rubiginosa
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Choi, Jong-Kwan

Eastern Pacific

Hymeniacidon sinapiumDe Laubenfels, 1930

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Hymeniacidon sinapium
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Hymeniacidon ungodon
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Hymeniacidon upaonassu
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Johannesia reticulosa
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Leucophloeus actites
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Pellina carbonaria
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Pellina sitiens
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Spongosorites beringensis
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Spongosorites cabliersi
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Spongosorites porites
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Tedanione obscurata
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Topsentia bahamensis
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Topsentia bubaroides
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Topsentia disparilis
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Topsentia distincta
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Topsentia dura
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Topsentia genitrix
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Topsentia glabra
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Topsentia halichondrioides
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Topsentia indica
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Topsentia myxa
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Topsentia ophiraphidites
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Topsentia profunditatis
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Topsentia salomonensis
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Vosmaeria crustacea
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