This sponge classification only concerns marine species from Western Europe; thus, non-European
and fossil species are excluded. Only the classification concerning the species presented in this website
is fully mentionned; else, if a species is not referred to in this website, this classification is incomplete.







Polymastia gleneni Descatoire
Laxosuberites incrustans (Hansen, 1880)
Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842)
Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)
Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864



Axinella Cf. agnata Topsent, 1896
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)
Cf. Axinella sp.
Homaxinella subdola (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phakellia ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767)

Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1862
Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766)
Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)
Halichondria sp.
Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818)






Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925)









Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864)
Guancha lacunosa (Bean in Johnston, 1842)


