Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica		Western Central Pacific		1984
Acanthostrongylophora ingens		Western Central Pacific		1899
Neopetrosia carbonaria		Pacific Ocean and Western		1814
Neopetrosia chaliniformis		Western Central Pacific		1899
Neopetrosia compacta		Western Central Pacific		1886
Neopetrosia contignata		Western Central Pacific		1899
Neopetrosia cristata		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea		Western Central Atlantic.		2019
Neopetrosia eructans		Southeast Pacific		2021
Neopetrosia exigua		Indo-Pacific.		1900
Neopetrosia granulosa		Western Central Pacific		1925
Neopetrosia proxima		Western Atlantic.	4 OT	1864
Neopetrosia rosariensis		Atlantic Ocean	78 H	1983
Neopetrosia seriata		Western Central Pacific		1912
Neopetrosia sigmafera		Western Central Atlantic.		2019
Neopetrosia similis		Indo-Pacific and the Anta		1886
Neopetrosia subtriangularis		Western Central Atlantic	2 BRW	1850
Neopetrosia truncata		Western Central Pacific		1886
Neopetrosia tuberosa		Western Central Pacific		1922
Neopetrosia vanilla		Western Central Pacific		1930
Petrosia capsa		Western Central Pacific		1987
Petrosia corticata		Western Central Pacific		1925
Petrosia cretacea		Western Central Atlantic		1870
Petrosia crustata		Western Central Pacific		1925
Petrosia densissima		Western Central Pacific		1905
Petrosia durissima		Western Central Pacific		1905
Petrosia ernesti		Southeast Atlantic		2021
Petrosia expansa		Western Central Pacific		1903
Petrosia ficiformis		Mediterranean.		1798
Petrosia granifera		Western Central Pacific.		1987
Petrosia hoeksemai		Western Central Pacific		2002
Petrosia lignosa		Western Central Pacific		1925
Petrosia mamillata		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Petrosia microxea		Western Central Pacific		1976
Petrosia muta		Western Central Pacific
Petrosia nigricans		Western Central Pacific		1897
Petrosia pellasarca		Western Central Pacific		1934
Petrosia plana		Western Central Pacific		1925
Petrosia pluricristata		Western Pacific		1983
Petrosia pulvilla		Western Central Pacific		1903
Petrosia puna		Eastern Central Pacific		1951
Petrosia punctata		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Petrosia seychellensis		Western Central Pacific		1922
Petrosia strongylata		Western Central Pacific		1903
Petrosia weinbergi		Western Atlantic.		1980
Strongylophora amphioxa		Western Atlantic.
Strongylophora davilai		Western Central Atlantic
Strongylophora hartmani		Western Central Atlantic
Strongylophora rampa		Western Central Atlantic
Strongylophora santa		Western Central Atlantic
Xestospongia bergquistia		Western Central Pacific		1991
Xestospongia deweerdtae		Western Central Pacific		1999
Xestospongia dorigo		Western Central Pacific		2021
Xestospongia hispida	Hard gnarled clump sponge	Northeast Pacific and Ant		1886
Xestospongia muta	Giant barrel sponge	Western Atlantic.	250 WD	1870
Xestospongia testudinaria	Barrel sponge	Xestospongia testudina		1815
Xestospongia trindanea		Northeast Pacific		1978
Xestospongia variabilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1884
Xestospongia wiedenmayeri		Western Central Atlantic		1980

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