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Family: Petrosiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica []	No picture found Acanthostrongylophora ingens []	No picture found Neopetrosia carbonaria []
No picture found Neopetrosia chaliniformis []	No picture found Neopetrosia compacta []	No picture found Neopetrosia contignata []
No picture found Neopetrosia cristata []	No picture found Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea []	No picture found Neopetrosia eructans []
No picture found Neopetrosia exigua []	No picture found Neopetrosia granulosa []	No picture found Neopetrosia proxima []
No picture found Neopetrosia rosariensis []	No picture found Neopetrosia seriata []	No picture found Neopetrosia sigmafera []
No picture found Neopetrosia similis []	No picture found Neopetrosia subtriangularis []	No picture found Neopetrosia truncata []
No picture found Neopetrosia tuberosa []	No picture found Petrosia capsa []	Petrosia corticata []
No picture found Petrosia cretacea []	No picture found Petrosia crustata []	No picture found Petrosia densissima []
No picture found Petrosia durissima []	No picture found Petrosia ernesti []	No picture found Petrosia expansa []
Petrosia ficiformis []	No picture found Petrosia granifera []	No picture found Petrosia hoeksemai []
No picture found Petrosia lignosa []	No picture found Petrosia mamillata []	No picture found Petrosia microxea []
No picture found Petrosia nigricans []	No picture found Petrosia pellasarca []	No picture found Petrosia plana []
No picture found Petrosia pluricristata []	No picture found Petrosia pulvilla []	No picture found Petrosia puna []
No picture found Petrosia punctata []	No picture found Petrosia seychellensis []	No picture found Petrosia strongylata []
No picture found Petrosia weinbergi []	No picture found Strongylophora davilai []	No picture found Xestospongia bergquistia []
No picture found Xestospongia deweerdtae []	No picture found Xestospongia hispida [Hard gnarled clump sponge]	No picture found Xestospongia muta [Giant barrel sponge]
Xestospongia testudinaria [Barrel sponge]	No picture found Xestospongia trindanea []	No picture found Xestospongia variabilis []
No picture found Xestospongia wiedenmayeri []

52 Species of Family Petrosiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica		Western Central Pacific
Acanthostrongylophora ingens		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia carbonaria		Pacific Ocean and Western
Neopetrosia chaliniformis		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia compacta		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia contignata		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia cristata		Western Central Atlantic
Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea		Western Central Atlantic.
Neopetrosia eructans		Southeast Pacific
Neopetrosia exigua		Indo-Pacific.
Neopetrosia granulosa		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia proxima		Western Atlantic.	4 OT
Neopetrosia rosariensis		Atlantic Ocean	78 H
Neopetrosia seriata		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia sigmafera		Western Central Atlantic.
Neopetrosia similis		Indo-Pacific and the Anta
Neopetrosia subtriangularis		Western Central Atlantic	2 BRW
Neopetrosia truncata		Western Central Pacific
Neopetrosia tuberosa		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia capsa		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia corticata		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia cretacea		Western Central Atlantic
Petrosia crustata		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia densissima		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia durissima		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia ernesti		Southeast Atlantic
Petrosia expansa		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia ficiformis		Mediterranean.
Petrosia granifera		Western Central Pacific.
Petrosia hoeksemai		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia lignosa		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia mamillata		Western Central Pacific.
Petrosia microxea		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia nigricans		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia pellasarca		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia plana		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia pluricristata		Western Pacific
Petrosia pulvilla		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia puna		Eastern Central Pacific
Petrosia punctata		Western Central Pacific.
Petrosia seychellensis		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia strongylata		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia weinbergi		Western Atlantic.
Strongylophora davilai		Western Central Atlantic
Xestospongia bergquistia		Western Central Pacific
Xestospongia deweerdtae		Western Central Pacific
Xestospongia hispida	Hard gnarled clump sponge	Northeast Pacific and Ant
Xestospongia muta	Giant barrel sponge	Western Atlantic.	250 WD
Xestospongia testudinaria	Barrel sponge	Xestospongia testudina
Xestospongia trindanea		Northeast Pacific
Xestospongia variabilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Xestospongia wiedenmayeri		Western Central Atlantic

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