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Hippospongia 
Summary
Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.[1]
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| Hippospongia equina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Spongiidae |
| Genus: | Hippospongia Schulze, 1879 |
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The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species edit
The following species are accepted within Hippospongia:[2]
- 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
References edit
- ^ a b "Hippospongia Schulze, 1879". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Hippospongia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 December 2021.