Species under Biemna
n= 22
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Biemna caribea
Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Western Central Atlantic
Biemna chilensis
Thiele, 1905
Peeled potato sponge Southeast Pacific and the Antarctic
Biemna cribaria
(Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
Western Central Atlantic
Biemna ehrenbergi
(Keller, 1889)
Western Indian Ocean
Biemna fistulosa
(Topsent, 1897)
Pacific Ocean
Biemna fortis
(Topsent, 1897)
Indo-West Pacific
Biemna fragilis
(Kieschnick, 1900)
Western Central Pacific
Biemna gellioides
Lévi & Lévi, 1989
Western Central Pacific
Biemna granulosigmata
Lévi, 1993
Western Central Pacific
Biemna humilis
Thiele, 1903
Western Central Pacific
Biemna liposigma
Burton, 1928
Indo-West Pacific
Biemna liposphaera
(Hentschel, 1912)
Western Central Pacific
Biemna megalosigma
Hentschel, 1912
Western Central Pacific
Biemna microstrongyla
(Hentschel, 1912)
Western Central Pacific
Biemna omanensis
van Soest & Beglinger, 2002
Western Indian Ocean
Biemna strongylota
Rios & Cristobo, 2006
Antarctic Peninsula
Biemna thielei
Burton, 1930
Western Central Pacific
Biemna thomasi
Cavalcanti, Santos Neto & Pinheiro, 2018
Southwest Atlantic
Biemna trirhaphis
(Topsent, 1897)
Western Central Pacific
Biemna truncata
Hentschel, 1912
Western Central Pacific
Biemna tubulata
(Dendy, 1905)
Indo-West Pacific
Biemna variantia
(Bowerbank, 1858)
Saucer-shaped horny sponge Arctic and Northern Atlantic 15
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