Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acanthancora equiformis		Southeast Pacific		2021
Acantorna tahoma		Southeast Pacific		2020
Hamigera bibiloniae		Southeast Pacific		2020
Hamigera cleistochela		Southeast Pacific		2019
Hamigera kellyae		Southeast Pacific		2020
Hamigera strongylata		Western Central Pacific		1934
Hemimycale columella	Crater sponge	Northeast Atlantic.		1874
Hemimycale harlequinus		Southeast Pacific		2021
Hemimycale nathani		Southeast Pacific		2021
Hemimycale rhodus		Arctic		1929
Herceus orientalis		Arctic
Hymedesmia antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1982
Hymedesmia baculifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1901
Hymedesmia brachyrhabda		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Hymedesmia brondstedi		Western Central Pacific.		1930
Hymedesmia campechiana		Western Central Atlantic		1889
Hymedesmia coriacea		Northeast Atlantic		1885
Hymedesmia crux		Northeast Atlantic		1875
Hymedesmia curvichela		Northeast Atlantic		1910
Hymedesmia dermata		Northeast Atlantic, North		1910
Hymedesmia digitata		Northeast Atlantic, North		1910
Hymedesmia ernsthentscheli		Northeast Atlantic, North		2020
Hymedesmia helgae		Northeast Atlantic, North		1916
Hymedesmia hentscheli		Northeast Atlantic, North		2020
Hymedesmia hibernica		Northeast Atlantic, North		1916
Hymedesmia irregularis		Northern Atlantic, Northe		1910
Hymedesmia jeanvaceleti		Northern Atlantic, Northe		2020
Hymedesmia jecusculum		Atlantic Ocean		1866
Hymedesmia koehleri		Atlantic Ocean		1896
Hymedesmia lenta		Atlantic Ocean		1966
Hymedesmia leptochela		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1914
Hymedesmia longistylus		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1910
Hymedesmia longurius		Northeast Pacific and Nor		1910
Hymedesmia mariondufresni		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1982
Hymedesmia mertoni		Western Central Pacific		1912
Hymedesmia methanophila		Western Central Pacific		2019
Hymedesmia mutabilis		Western Central Pacific		1904
Hymedesmia noramaloneae		Antarctic Atlantic		2019
Hymedesmia nummota		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Hymedesmia nummulus		Arctic		1910
Hymedesmia occulta		Northeast Atlantic and th		1869
Hymedesmia orientalis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1962
Hymedesmia pansa		Northeast Atlantic		1962
Hymedesmia parvispicula		Indo-West Pacific.		1932
Hymedesmia paupertas		Northern Atlantic and Ant		1866
Hymedesmia peachii		Arctic		1882
Hymedesmia perlucida		Western Central Pacific		2013
Hymedesmia pilata		Western Central Pacific		1882
Hymedesmia platychela		Arctic		1910
Hymedesmia primitiva		Arctic		1910
Hymedesmia procumbens		Arctic		1910
Hymedesmia prostrata		Western Central Pacific		1903
Hymedesmia similis		Western Central Pacific		1910
Hymedesmia spinata		Western Central Pacific		2013
Hymedesmia spiniarcuata		Western Central Pacific.		1983
Hymedesmia spinosa		Western Central Pacific.		1916
Hymedesmia stephensi		Western Central Pacific.		1930
Hymedesmia truncata		Western Central Pacific.		1910
Hymedesmia vaceleti		Western Central Pacific.		2018
Hymedesmia veneta		Western Central Pacific.		1862
Hymedesmia versicolor		Western Central Pacific.		1893
Hymedesmia williami		Western Central Pacific.		2020
Hymedesmia zetlandica		Western Central Pacific.		1862
Kirkpatrickia coulmani		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1907
Kirkpatrickia spiculophila		Indo-West Pacific.		1932
Kirkpatrickia topsenti		Indo-West Pacific.		1930
Kirkpatrickia variolosa		Sub-Antarctica and Antarc		1907
Myxodoryx hanitschi		Antarctic Atlantic		1907
Phorbas amaranthus		Western Central Atlantic		1864
Phorbas anchorata		Western Central Atlantic
Phorbas areolatus		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1905
Phorbas claviger		Arctic		1887
Phorbas dives		Northeast Atlantic		1891
Phorbas domini		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1982
Phorbas erectus		Western Central Pacific.		1993
Phorbas fictitius		Northeast Atlantic		1866
Phorbas glaberrimus		Antarctica.		1917
Phorbas hoffmani	Hoffman's horny sponge	Northeast Pacific	300 H	1966
Phorbas longurioides		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1932
Phorbas microchelifer		Northern Atlantic		1968
Phorbas perarmatus		Northeast Atlantic		1866
Phorbas plumosus		Northeast Atlantic and An		1818
Phorbas roxasi		Western Central Pacific		1935
Phorbas salebrosus		Western Central Pacific		1958
Phorbas styliferus		Western Central Pacific
Phorbas viecquensis		Western Central Pacific
Plocamionida ambigua		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1866
Plocamionida microcionides		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1876
Spanioplon werthi		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1914

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