Chondropsis (sponge)

Chondropsis is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Chondropsidae.

Chondropsis
Chondropsis kirkii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Chondropsidae
Genus:	Chondropsis Carter, 1886
Synonyms
Burtonispongia Laubenfels, 1936 Collosclerophora Dendy, 1917 Sigmatella Lendenfeld, 1888

The species of this genus are found in Southern Africa, Malesia, Australia.

Species:

• Chondropsis arenacea (Dendy, 1917)
• Chondropsis arenifera Carter, 1886
• Chondropsis australis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
• Chondropsis ceratosus Kirkpatrick, 1900
• Chondropsis chaliniformis
• Chondropsis columnifera Dendy, 1895
• Chondropsis confoederata (Lamarck, 1814)
• Chondropsis isimangaliso Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
• Chondropsis kirkii (Bowerbank, 1841)
• Chondropsis lamella (Lendenfeld, 1888)
• Chondropsis macropsamma (Lendenfeld, 1888)
• Chondropsis subtilis Calcinai, Bavestrello, Bertolino, Pica & C.Wagner
• Chondropsis topsenti Dendy, 1895
• Chondropsis wilsoni Dendy, 1895