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Family: Callyspongiidae (See list of species below)

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67 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Arenosclera rosacea []	No picture found Callyspongia aerizusa []	No picture found Callyspongia alcoladoi []
No picture found Callyspongia arcesiosa []	No picture found Callyspongia armigera []	No picture found Callyspongia aurantiaca []
No picture found Callyspongia azurea []	No picture found Callyspongia barodensis []	No picture found Callyspongia biru []
No picture found Callyspongia bullata []	No picture found Callyspongia claviformis []	No picture found Callyspongia confoederata [Purple vase sponge]
No picture found Callyspongia crassifibra []	No picture found Callyspongia dendyi []	No picture found Callyspongia diffusa []
No picture found Callyspongia doorae []	No picture found Callyspongia elegans [Elegant purple sponge]	No picture found Callyspongia erecta []
No picture found Callyspongia euplax []	No picture found Callyspongia fallax []	No picture found Callyspongia fenestrata []
No picture found Callyspongia fibrosa []	No picture found Callyspongia fistulosa []	No picture found Callyspongia flammea []
No picture found Callyspongia folioides []	No picture found Callyspongia fragilis []	No picture found Callyspongia fructicosa []
No picture found Callyspongia fusifera []	No picture found Callyspongia globosa []	No picture found Callyspongia hispidoconulosa []
No picture found Callyspongia joubini []	No picture found Callyspongia ligulata []	No picture found Callyspongia lobata []
No picture found Callyspongia longissima []	No picture found Callyspongia mollis []	No picture found Callyspongia monilata []
No picture found Callyspongia murata []	No picture found Callyspongia muricina []	No picture found Callyspongia oliveri []
No picture found Callyspongia orieminens []	No picture found Callyspongia pallida []	No picture found Callyspongia parva []
No picture found Callyspongia pedroi []	No picture found Callyspongia plicifera [Azure vase sponge]	No picture found Callyspongia polymorpha []
No picture found Callyspongia pseudofibrosa []	No picture found Callyspongia pseudoreticulata []	No picture found Callyspongia pulvinata []
No picture found Callyspongia ramosa []	No picture found Callyspongia ridleyi []	No picture found Callyspongia rigida []
No picture found Callyspongia robusta []	No picture found Callyspongia samarensis []	No picture found Callyspongia schulzei []
No picture found Callyspongia serpentina []	No picture found Callyspongia simplex []	No picture found Callyspongia spinifera []
No picture found Callyspongia spinimarginata []	No picture found Callyspongia staminea []	No picture found Callyspongia strongylophora []
No picture found Callyspongia subarmigera []	No picture found Callyspongia subtilis []	No picture found Callyspongia tenerrima []
No picture found Callyspongia ternatensis []	No picture found Callyspongia truncata []	No picture found Callyspongia vaginalis [Branching vase sponge]
No picture found Siphonochalina fortis []

67 Species of Family Callyspongiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Arenosclera rosacea		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia aerizusa		Indo-West Pacific.
Callyspongia alcoladoi		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia arcesiosa		Western Central Atlantic.
Callyspongia armigera		Western Central Atlantic.
Callyspongia aurantiaca		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia azurea		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia barodensis		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia biru		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia bullata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia claviformis		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia confoederata	Purple vase sponge	Western Pacific
Callyspongia crassifibra		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia dendyi		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia diffusa		Indo-West Pacific.
Callyspongia doorae		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia elegans	Elegant purple sponge	Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia erecta		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia euplax		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia fallax		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia fenestrata		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia fibrosa		Indo-West Pacific
Callyspongia fistulosa		Southwest Pacific
Callyspongia flammea		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia folioides		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia fragilis		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia fructicosa		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia fusifera		Southeast Pacific and Sou
Callyspongia globosa		Northwest Pacific
Callyspongia hispidoconulosa		Wester Central Pacific
Callyspongia joubini		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia ligulata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia lobata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia longissima		Caribbean.
Callyspongia mollis		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia monilata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia murata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia muricina		Philippines and Great Bar
Callyspongia oliveri		Southwest Pacific
Callyspongia orieminens		Northwest Pacific
Callyspongia pallida		Caribbean.
Callyspongia parva		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia pedroi		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia plicifera	Azure vase sponge	Western Central Atlantic.
Callyspongia polymorpha		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia pseudofibrosa		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia pseudoreticulata		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia pulvinata		Western Pacific
Callyspongia ramosa		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia ridleyi		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia rigida		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia robusta		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia samarensis		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia schulzei		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia serpentina		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia simplex		Northeast Atlantic
Callyspongia spinifera		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia spinimarginata		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia staminea		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia strongylophora		Western Central Atlantic.
Callyspongia subarmigera		Western Central Pacific.
Callyspongia subtilis		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia tenerrima		Western Central Atlantic
Callyspongia ternatensis		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia truncata		Western Central Pacific
Callyspongia vaginalis	Branching vase sponge	Western Atlantic and West	30 H
Siphonochalina fortis		Southeast Pacific

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