Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Aaptos bergmanni de Laubenfels, 1950 (additional source)
Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) (additional source)
Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988) (additional source)
Acanthotetilla rocasensis Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007 (additional source)
Acanthotetilla walteri Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007 (additional source)
Acanthotylotra alvarengai Volkmer-Ribeiro, Tavares & Fürstenau-Oliveira, 2009 (additional source)
Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 (additional source)
Acarnus nicoleae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 (additional source)
Acarnus radovani (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (additional source)
Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952) (additional source)
Acarnus toxeata Boury-Esnault, 1973 (additional source)
Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815) (additional source)
Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 (additional source)
Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (additional source)
Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984 (additional source)
Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) (additional source)
Aka coralliphaga (Rützler, 1971) accepted as Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971 (additional source)
Alectona mesatlantica Vacelet, 1999 (additional source)
Amorphinopsis atlantica Carvalho, Hajdu, Mothes & van Soest, 2004 (additional source)
Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) (additional source)
Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850) (additional source)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936) (additional source)
Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Amphoriscus synapta (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872) (additional source)
Anheteromeyenia ornata (Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1970) (additional source)
Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 (additional source)
Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876) (additional source)
Aplysina alcicornis Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina caissara Pinheiro & Hajdu, 2001 (additional source)
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) (additional source)
Aplysina cristagallus Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Aplysina lactuca Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) (additional source)
Aplysina lingua Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina muricyana Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina orthoreticulata Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Aplysina pergamentacea Hechtel, 1983 (additional source)
Aplysina pseudolacunosa Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 (additional source)
Arenosclera brasiliensis Muricy & Ribeiro, 1999 (additional source)
Asteropus brasiliensis Hajdu & van Soest, 1992 (additional source)
Asteropus niger Hajdu & van Soest, 1992 (additional source)
Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919) (additional source)
Axinella echidnaea sensu Ridley, 1884 accepted as Reniochalina stalagmitis Lendenfeld, 1888 (additional source)
Biemna microacanthosigma Mothes, Hajdu, Lerner & van Soest, 2004 (additional source)
Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & van Soest, 2005 (additional source)
Biemna trisigmata Mothes & Campos, 2004 (additional source)
Cacospongia amorpha Poléjaeff, 1884 (additional source)
Cacospongia levis Poléjaeff, 1884 (additional source)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) coppingeri (Ridley, 1881) (basis of record)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) laboreli Hechtel, 1983 (basis of record)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pallida Hechtel, 1965 (additional source)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (additional source)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) pergamentacea (Ridley, 1881) (additional source)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (basis of record)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (basis of record)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) villosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Callyspongia (Toxochalina) pseudotoxa Muricy & Ribeiro, 1999 (additional source)
Caminus sphaeroconia Sollas, 1886 (additional source)
Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) (additional source)
Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) (additional source)
Chalinula zeae de Weerdt, 2000 (additional source)
Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 (additional source)
Characella capitolii Mothes, Maldonado, Eckert, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2007 (additional source)
Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (additional source)
Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) (additional source)
Chelonaplysilla erecta Tsurnamal, 1967 accepted as Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) (additional source)
Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Chondropsis arenifera Carter, 1886 (additional source)
Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870) (additional source)
Chonelasma choanoides Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910 (additional source)
Cinachyra helena Rodriguez & Muricy, 2007 (additional source)
Cinachyrella alloclada (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source)
Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source)
Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929) (additional source)
Ciocalypta alba Carvalho, Carraro, Lerner & Hajdu, 2003 (additional source)
Clathria (Clathria) calypso Boury-Esnault, 1973 (additional source)
Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (additional source)
Clathria (Microciona) calla (de Laubenfels, 1934) (additional source)
Clathria (Microciona) campecheae Hooper, 1996 (additional source)
Clathria (Thalysias) basiarenacea (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (additional source)
Clathria (Thalysias) minuta (van Soest, 1984) (additional source)
Clathria (Thalysias) procera (Ridley, 1884) (additional source)
Clathria (Wilsonella) nigra (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (new combination reference)
Cliona carteri (Ridley, 1881) (additional source)
Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (additional source)
Cliona delitrix Pang, 1973 accepted as Cliothosa delitrix (Pang, 1973) (additional source)
Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) (additional source)
Cliona raphida Boury-Esnault, 1973 (additional source)
Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) (additional source)
Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (additional source)
Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata (Priest, 1881) (additional source)

Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aaptos bergmanni de Laubenfels, 1950 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthotetilla rocasensis Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthotetilla walteri Peixinho, Fernandez, Oliveira, Caires & Hajdu, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acarnus nicoleae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acarnus radovani (Boury-Esnault, 1973) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acarnus toxeata Boury-Esnault, 1973 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aka coralliphaga (Rützler, 1971) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876)  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina alcicornis Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina caissara Pinheiro & Hajdu, 2001 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina cristagallus Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina muricyana Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina orthoreticulata Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina pseudolacunosa Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Aplysina solangeae Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Arenosclera brasiliensis Muricy & Ribeiro, 1999 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Asteropus brasiliensis Hajdu & van Soest, 1992 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & van Soest, 2005 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Callyspongia) laboreli Hechtel, 1983 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pallida Hechtel, 1965 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) pergamentacea (Ridley, 1881) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Cladochalina) villosa (Pallas, 1766) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Callyspongia (Toxochalina) pseudotoxa Muricy & Ribeiro, 1999 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Caminus sphaeroconia Sollas, 1886 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chalinula zeae de Weerdt, 2000 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Characella capitolii Mothes, Maldonado, Eckert, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)  (doubtful)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chelonaplysilla erecta Tsurnamal, 1967  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911)  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Chonelasma choanoides Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cinachyra helena Rodriguez & Muricy, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cinachyrella alloclada (Uliczka, 1929) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Clathria) calypso Boury-Esnault, 1973 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Microciona) calla (de Laubenfels, 1934) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Microciona) campecheae Hooper, 1996 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Thalysias) basiarenacea (Boury-Esnault, 1973) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Thalysias) minuta (van Soest, 1984) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Clathria (Wilsonella) nigra (Boury-Esnault, 1973) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cliona celata Grant, 1826 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata (Priest, 1881) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) raphidifera Hechtel, 1969 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corallistes bispiraster Mothes & Silva, 1999 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Corallistes typus Schmidt, 1870 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cornulum tylotum (Boury-Esnault, 1973) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Craniella carteri Sollas, 1886 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Craniella quirimure Peixinho, Cosme & Hajdu, 2005 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905  (inaccurate)
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dercitus (Stoeba) latex (Moraes & Muricy, 2007) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Didiscus oxeata Hechtel, 1983 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Diplastrella megastellata Hechtel, 1965 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dysidea robusta Vilanova & Muricy, 2001 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinodictyum dendroides Hechtel, 1983 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus alleni de Laubenfels, 1934 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus almirante Vieira, Cosme & Hajdu, 2010 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus corneus Boury-Esnault, 1973 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus diminutus Mothes, Lerner & Silva, 1999 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus fluminense Vieira, Cosme & Hajdu, 2010 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus revizee Vieira, Cosme & Hajdu, 2010 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Erylus toxiformis Mothes & Lerner, 1999 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Esperiopsis bathyalis Lopes & Hajdu, 2004 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Euplectella suberea Thomson, 1876 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Eurete atlanticum Lopes, Hajdu & Reiswig, 2007 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Euryspongia rosea de Laubenfels, 1936 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Forcepia (Forcepia) trilabis (Boury-Esnault, 1973) 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Gastrophanella cavernicola Muricy & Minervino, 2000 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Gastrophanella implexa Schmidt, 1879 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Geodia australis Silva & Mothes, 2000 
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone for Geodia corticostylifera Hajdu, Muricy, Custodio, Russo & Peixinho, 1992 

Holotype MNHN LBIM-D.NBE 999, geounit Northeastern Brazil, identified as Geodia tylastra Boury-Esnault, 1973
Holotype MNRJ 037, geounit Northeastern Brazil, identified as Grantia kempfi Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976

 Museum

 for Stelletta gigas (Sollas, 1886)

The specimen reported by Burton (1954) from São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago is deposited at BMNH 1938.6.30.6 [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Leucilla uter Poléjaeff, 1883

Specimens from Bermuda, South Africa, Brazil and the Philippines are likely not the same species. [details]

 Type material

 for Halichondria (Halichondria) tenebrica Carvalho & Hajdu, 2001

Paratypes: MNRJ 1316; Schyzotype from the Holotype MNRJ 521: BMNH 1999.10.6.2 [details]

 Type material

 for Lophocalyx brasiliensis Menshenina, Tabachnick, Lopes & Hajdu, 2007

Paratypes: MNHN.H.CL 599-605 [details]