Species under Halichondria
n= 19
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Halichondria armata
Lindgren, 1897
South China Sea
Halichondria bergquistae
Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997
Western Central Pacific
Halichondria bowerbanki
Burton, 1930
Bowerbanks halichondria Arctic, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
Halichondria cartilaginea
(Esper, 1794)
Western Pacific
Halichondria coerulea
Bergquist, 1967
Eastern Central Pacific
Halichondria colossea
Lundbeck, 1902
Northeast Atlantic and Northeast Pacific
Halichondria corrugata
Diaz, van Soest & Pomponi, 1993
Western Central Atlantic
Halichondria fibrosa
Fristedt, 1887
Fibrous horny sponge Northeast Pacific
Halichondria japonica
(Kadota, 1922)
Northwest Pacific
Halichondria lambei
Brøndsted, 1933
Conic horny sponge Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Halichondria lutea
Alcolado, 1984
Western Central Atlantic 2
Halichondria magniconulosa
Hetchel, 1965
Western Central Atlantic
Halichondria melanadocia
de Laubenfels, 1936
Eastern Central Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Halichondria oblonga
(Hansen, 1885)
Arctic
Halichondria panicea
(Pallas, 1766)
Bread-crumb sponge Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Antarctic and the Arctic 60
Halichondria poa
(de Laubenfels, 1947)
Western Central Atlantic
Halichondria sitiens
(Schmidt, 1870)
Green-tinged sponge Arctic, Northeast Pacific and Northern Atlantic
Halichondria solidior
(Schmidt, 1870)
Western Central Atlantic
Halichondria turritella
(Schmidt, 1870)
Western Central Atlantic
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