Xestospongia

Xestospongia
Xestospongia muta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Haplosclerida
Family:	Petrosiidae
Genus:	Xestospongia
Species:	see text

Xestospongia is a genus of sponge. It contains the following species:^[1]

• Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001
• Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991
• Xestospongia bocatorensis Díaz, Thacker, Rützler & Piantoni, 2007
• Xestospongia caminata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
• Xestospongia clavata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Xestospongia coralloides (Dendy, 1924)
• Xestospongia delaubenfelsi Riveros, 1951
• Xestospongia deweerdtae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
• Xestospongia diprosopia (de Laubenfels, 1930)
• Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)
• Xestospongia edapha (de Laubenfels, 1930)
• Xestospongia emphasis (de Laubenfels, 1954)
• Xestospongia friabilis (Topsent, 1892)
• Xestospongia grayi (Hechtel, 1983)
• Xestospongia hispida (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
• Xestospongia informis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Xestospongia madidus (de Laubenfels, 1954)
• Xestospongia mammillata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
• Xestospongia menzeli (Little, 1963)
• Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870)
• Xestospongia novaezealandiae Bergquist & Warne, 1980
• Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
• Xestospongia plana (Topsent, 1892)
• Xestospongia portoricensis van Soest, 1980
• Xestospongia rampa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
• Xestospongia ridleyi (Keller, 1891)
• Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)
• Xestospongia tuberosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Xestospongia vansoesti Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000
• Xestospongia variabilis (Topsent, 1892)
• Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884)
• Xestospongia viridenigra (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976)
• Xestospongia wiedenmayeri van Soest, 1980

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