A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Halichondriidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Halichondria (Halichondria) adelpha de Laubenfels, 1954 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) aldabrensis Lévi, 1961 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) arenacea Dendy, 1895 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) axinelloides Swartschewsky, 1906 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bowerbank's halichondriaHalichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) cartilaginea (Esper, 1797) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) colossea Lundbeck, 1902 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) cristata Sarà, 1978 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) cylindrata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) diversispiculata Burton, 1930 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) dubia (Czerniavsky, 1880) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) foraminosa (Czerniavsky, 1880) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) gilvus Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) isthmica (Keller, 1883) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) knowltoni Bergquist, 1961 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) lambei Brøndsted, 1933 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) lendenfeldi Lévi, 1961 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) longispicula (Czerniavsky, 1880) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) magniconulosa Hechtel, 1965 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) migottea Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) minuta Keller, 1891 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) modesta (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) nigrocutis (Carter, 1886) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) normani Burton, 1930 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| breadcrumb spongeHalichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) pelliculata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria (Halichondria) turritella (Schmidt, 1870) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria flava (Merejkowsky, 1878) | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halichondria hongdoenesis Kang & Sim, 2008 | HalichondriidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.