Ircinia

Ircinia
Ircinia campana at 90 meters in California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Dictyoceratida
Family:	Irciniidae
Genus:	Ircinia Nardo, 1833
Species
94 species (see text)
Synonyms
List DysidiciniaLendenfeld, 1889 EuriciniaLendenfeld, 1889 FiliferaLieberkühn, 1859 Filifera (Hircinia)Schmidt, 1862 HircinellaLendenfeld, 1889 HirciniaNardo, 1834 Hircinia (Dysidicinia)Lendenfeld, 1889 Hircinia (Euricinia)Lendenfeld, 1889 Hircinia (Hircinella)Lendenfeld, 1889 PolythersesDuchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 StematumeniaBowerbank, 1845

Ircinia fasciculata

Ircinia campana

Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae. ^[1]

Species

The following 94 species are recognized in the genus Ircinia: ^[1]

• Ircinia akaroa Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• Ircinia arbuscula (Hyatt, 1877)
• Ircinia aruensis (Hentschel, 1912)
• Ircinia arundinacea (Carter, 1880)
• Ircinia atrovirens (Keller, 1889)
• Ircinia aucklandensis Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• Ircinia bakusi Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia bergquistia Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• "Ircinia bocatorensis" Kelly & Thacker, 2021
• Ircinia cactiformis (Rao, 1941)
• Ircinia cactus (Lendenfeld, 1889)
• Ircinia caliculata (Lendenfeld, 1888)
• Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1814)
• Ircinia canus Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
• Ircinia carteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
• Ircinia chevreuxi (Topsent, 1894)
• Ircinia clavata (Thiele, 1905)
• Ircinia collectrix (Poléjaeff, 1884)
• Ircinia colossa Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
• Ircinia condensa (Topsent, 1894)
• Ircinia conulosa (Ridley, 1884)
• Ircinia cuspidata (Wilson, 1902)
• Ircinia cylindracea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
• Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862)
• Ircinia dickinsoni (de Laubenfels, 1936)
• Ircinia digitata (Topsent, 1894)
• Ircinia echinata (Keller, 1889)
• Ircinia ectofibrosa (George & Wilson, 1919)
• Ircinia felix (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
• Ircinia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1814)
• Ircinia fistulosa Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• Ircinia friabilis (Poléjaeff, 1884)
• Ircinia fusca (Carter, 1880)
• Ircinia gapaensis Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia globulosa Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia hummelincki van Soest, 1978
• Ircinia incrustans Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia intertexta (Hyatt, 1877)
• Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884)
• Ircinia jejuensis Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia lacuna Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
• Ircinia lapillus Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia lendenfeldi de Laubenfels, 1948
• Ircinia livida Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
• "Ircinia lowi" Kelly & Thacker, 2021
• Ircinia marginalis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
• Ircinia microconulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
• Ircinia munsumensis Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia mureungensis Sim, Lee & Kim, 2016
• Ircinia mutans (Wilson, 1925)
• "Ircinia nolanae" Goodwin & Downey, 2021
• Ircinia novaezealandiae Bergquist, 1961
• Ircinia oligoceras (Poléjaeff, 1884)
• Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864)
• Ircinia pauciarenaria Boury-Esnault, 1973
• Ircinia paucifilamentosa Vacelet, 1961
• Ircinia paupera (Thiele, 1905)
• Ircinia pellita (Rao, 1941)
• Ircinia pilosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
• Ircinia pinna (Hentschel, 1912)
• Ircinia polejaeffi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
• Ircinia procumbens (Poléjaeff, 1884)
• Ircinia radicula Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
• "Ircinia radix" Kelly & Thacker, 2021
• Ircinia ramodigitata (Burton, 1934)
• Ircinia ramosa (Keller, 1889)
• Ircinia rectilinea (Hyatt, 1877)
• Ircinia repens Sandes & Pinheiro, 2014
• Ircinia reteplana (Topsent, 1923)
• Ircinia retidermata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1981
• "Ircinia richardsoni" Goodwin & Downey, 2021
• Ircinia rubra (Lendenfeld, 1889)
• "Ircinia ruetzleri" Kelly & Thacker, 2021
• Ircinia schulzei (Dendy, 1905)
• Ircinia selaginea (Lamarck, 1814)
• Ircinia sergipana Sandes & Pinheiro, 2014
• "Ircinia simae" Goodwin & Downey, 2021
• Ircinia solida (Esper, 1794)
• Ircinia spiculosa (Hentschel, 1912)
• Ircinia stipitata (Topsent, 1894)
• Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)
• Ircinia subaspera Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• Ircinia tintinnabula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
• Ircinia tristis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
• Ircinia truncata (Topsent, 1894)
• Ircinia tuberosa (Dendy, 1905)
• Ircinia tunica Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
• Ircinia turrita Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• Ircinia undulans Cook & Bergquist, 1999
• "Ircinia vansoesti" (Kelly & Thacker, 2021)
• Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
• Ircinia vestibulata (Szymanski, 1904)
• Ircinia wistarii Wilkinson, 1978

References

1. de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Ircinia Nardo, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131751 on 2025-11-24