Carteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.
There is some debate around the taxonomy of the group, with a 2021 molecular and morphological assessment of the subfamily Phyllospongiinae suggesting that Carteriospongia should become a synonym of Phyllospongia, and reinstating Carteriospongia flabellifera to its original designation of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera. The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov..
Species
- Carteriospongia contorta <small>Bergquist, Ayling & Wilkinson, 1988</small>
- Carteriospongia delicata <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1982</small>
- Carteriospongia fissurella <small>(de Laubenfels, 1948)</small>
- Carteriospongia foliascens <small>(Pallas, 1766)</small>
- Carteriospongia mystica <small>Hyatt, 1877</small>
- Carteriospongia pennatula <small>(Lamarck, 1813)</small>
- Carteriospongia perforata <small>Hyatt, 1877</small>
- Carteriospongia silicata <small>(Lendenfeld, 1889)</small>
- Carteriospongia vermicularis <small>(Lendenfeld, 1889)</small>
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