page_title: List of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters)
section_title: Phylum Porifera
hierarchical_section_title: List of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) / Phylum Porifera
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ovens / Hole in the Wall, Bangalley Headland, Whale Beach Sydney
context_page_description: The list of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of Australia. This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea.
  The geographical range is south of Perth, Western Australia and the border of New South Wales and Queensland, including the whole of the coasts of South Australia and Tasmania and their offshore islands. Tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here.
  The listed organisms are generally identifiable to the naked eye. Many microscopic animals also inhabit this region.
  Ranges are generally given relating to Australian waters. If listed as endemic, they have been found only in the listed range. Others may have much greater ranges.
context_section_description: Ancorina geodides (Carter, 1886) Grey ball sponge (Victoria and around Tasmania)
  Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876), Encrusting rose sponge (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas)
  Aplysina lendenfeldi Bergquist, 1980, Lendenfeld's tube sponge  (Victoria to central New South Wales and around Tasmania)
  Caulospongia biflabellata Fromont, 1998, Western staircase sponge (Northwest Cape to Albany, WA)
  Chondrilla australiensis Carter, 1873, Liver sponge  (Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Sydney, NSW)
  Clathria (Thalysias) cactiformis (Lamarck, 1814), Orange palm sponge  (Port Hedland, WA to Byron Bay, NSW and around Tasmania. Also Madagascar, east Africa and Seychelles)
  Cliona sp. Orange dimpled sponge   (Eastern Tasmania)
  Dendrilla cactos (Selenka, 1867), Prickly rose sponge (Adelaide, SA to Sydney, NSW and around Tasmania. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region)
  Darwinella sp. Darwin's yellow sponge (Northern Tasmania)
  Echinoclathria axinelloides (Dendy, 1896), Dendy's finger sponge (Port Phillip, Vic and northern Tasmania)
  Echinoclathria leporina (Lamarck, 1814), Orange fan sponge (Ceduna, SA to Sydney, NSW and south to Bicheno, Tasmania)
  Holopsamma arborea (Lendenfeld, 1888) Brown honeycomb sponge (Barrow Island, WA to Sydney, NSW and around Tasmania)
  Holopsamma laminaefavosa Carter, 1885, Cream honeycomb sponge  (Fremantle, WA to Noosa, Qld and around Tasmania)
  Iophon sp. Orange pipe sponge (Central South Australia) 
  Mycale (Arenochalina) mirabilis (Lendenfeld, 1887) Slimy lemon sponge  (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region)
  Polymastia sp. Purple pasta sponge  (Central New South Wales) 
  Rhizaxinella sp.  Pumpkin sponge  (Northern Tasmania)
  Spongia sp. Rubber sponge  (New South Wales)
  Strepsichordaia caliciformis (Carter, 1885), Green plate sponge  (Port Lincoln, SA to Sydney, NSW and around Tasmania)
  Strongylacidon sp. Papillate encrusting sponge (Eastern Tasmania) 
  Sycon sp. 1 (South Australia to Victoria and round Tasmania) 
  Sycon sp. 2 (Western Australia to Victoria and round Tasmania) 
  Syphonochalina sp. Apricot tube sponge (Eastern Tasmania) 
  Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Lieberkühn, 1859) syn. T digitata Apricot bulbous sponge  (Around Australia and Tasmania. Also widespread overseas)
  Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994, Southern golfball sponge (South Australia to Victoria, Northern Tasmania, also New Zealand)
  Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858, Ingall's golfball sponge (Shark Bay to Albany, WA, and Port Philip, Vic to Sydney, NSW Also tropical Indian Ocean.)
  Thorecta sp. Cream columnar sponge  (Eastern Tasmania)
caption: Tethya sp.  (Golfball sponge)
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