Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Acanthella carteri Dendy, 1889 accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) (additional source)
Acanthotriaena Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Acanthotriaena crypta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 (additional source)
Aciculites tulearensis Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 (additional source)
Adocia fragilis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Haliclona fragilis (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (original description)
Agelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) (additional source)
Anchinoe clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Phorbas clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) (additional source)
Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024 (basis of record)
Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878 (additional source)
Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (additional source)
Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 (additional source)
Axinella (Homaxinella) Topsent, 1916 accepted as Axinella Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Axinella (Homaxinella) arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Axinella arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (basis of record)
Axinella (Stylissa) Hallmann, 1914 accepted as Axinella Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Axinella (Stylissa) donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) (basis of record)
Callipelta cavernicola (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) accepted as Sollasipelta cavernicola (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) accepted as Daedalopelta cavernicola (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) (additional source)
Callipelta mixta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Neopelta mixta (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (original description)
Callipelta ornata Sollas, 1888 accepted as Sollasipelta ornata (Sollas, 1888) (additional source)
Callyspongia confoederata (sensu Ridley, 1884) (additional source)
Callyspongia reticutis var. salomonensis (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) salomonensis (Dendy, 1922) (basis of record)
Callyspongia subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) represented as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) (additional source)
Caminus sphaeroconia Sollas, 1886 (additional source)
Chelonaplysilla noevus (Carter, 1876) (additional source)
Chondrillastra mixta (Schulze, 1877) accepted as Chondrilla mixta Schulze, 1877 (additional source)
Chondrosia debilis Thiele, 1900 (additional source)
Ciocalypta microstrongylata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Clathria dichela sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Clathria foliascens Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 represented as Clathria (Clathria) foliascens Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source)
Clathria spongodes Dendy, 1922 represented as Clathria (Clathria) spongodes Dendy, 1922 (additional source)
Clathriopsamma cercidochela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 accepted as Clathria (Wilsonella) cercidochela (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971) (additional source)
Cliona ensifera Sollas, 1878 (additional source)
Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891 (additional source)
Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849 (additional source)
Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878 (additional source)
Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) (additional source)
Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) (additional source)
Coelodischela Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Coelodischela diatomorpha Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Coelosphaera fucoides (Topsent, 1897) represented as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) fucoides (Topsent, 1897) (new combination reference)
Cornulum strepsichela Dendy, 1922 accepted as Paracornulum strepsichela (Dendy, 1922) (additional source)
Crambe acuata (Lévi, 1958) (source of synonymy)
Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885 (additional source)
Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889) (additional source)
Didiscus placospongioides Dendy, 1922 (additional source)
Didiscus styliferus Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Didiscus stylifer Tsurnamal, 1969 (additional source)
Diplastrella gardineri Topsent, 1918 (additional source)
Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884 (additional source)
Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888 (additional source)
Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889 (additional source)
Echinodictyum conulosum Kieschnick, 1900 (additional source)
Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (additional source)
Ecionemia laviniensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stellettinopsis laviniensis (Dendy, 1905) (additional source)
Erylus lendenfeldi Sollas, 1888 (additional source)
Eurypon calypsoi Lévi, 1958 (additional source)
Gelliodes flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (additional source)
Gellius centrangulatus Sollas, 1902 accepted as Haliclona (Halichoclona) centrangulata (Sollas, 1902) (additional source)
Gellius petrosioides (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Gelliodes petrosioides Dendy, 1905 (additional source)
Haliclona madagascarensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Haliclona striata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Haliclona tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Halisarca ectofibrosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Hemectyonilla involuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903) accepted as Aulospongus involutus (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (additional source)
Hemiasterella complicata Topsent, 1919 (additional source)
Hexadella racovitzai Topsent, 1896 (additional source)
Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922 (additional source)
Homophymia lamellosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 (additional source)
Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912 (additional source)
Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, 1884 (additional source)
Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) (additional source)
Ircinia cylindracea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Ircinia fasciculata var. dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884) (additional source)
Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Isops carcinophila Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Geodia carcinophila (Lendenfeld, 1897) (additional source)
Isops sollasi Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Geodia sollasi (Lendenfeld, 1888) (additional source)
Kaliapsis incrustans (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971) (new combination reference)
Latrunculia globosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Diacarnus globosus (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (original description)
Laxosuberites cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Terpios cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) (additional source)
Lissodendoryx arenaria Burton, 1936 represented as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) arenaria Burton, 1936 (additional source)
Megalopastas nigra (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Spongionella nigra Dendy, 1889 (basis of record)
Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 accepted as Spongionella retiara (Dendy, 1916) (additional source)
Monanchora clathrata Carter, 1883 (redescription)
Mycale (Grapelia) parasitica (Carter, 1885) accepted as Mycale (Grapelia) australis (Gray, 1867) (additional source)
Mycale (Grapelia) vaceleti Hajdu, 1995 (additional source)
Mycale microxea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 represented as Mycale (Naviculina) microxea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 (original description)
Neofolitispa unguiculata (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Monanchora unguiculata (Dendy, 1922) (source of synonymy)
Oceanapia amboinensis Topsent, 1897 (additional source)
Oceanapia toxophila Dendy, 1922 (additional source)
Oligoceras cavernosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Hyrtios cavernosus (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (original description)
Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Oscarella ochreacea Muricy & Pearse, 2004 (additional source)
Paracornulum atoxa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Zyzzya fuliginosa (Carter, 1879) (original description)
Paracornulum minimum Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Cornulella minima (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (original description)
Petrosia densissima Dendy, 1905 represented as Petrosia (Petrosia) densissima Dendy, 1905 (additional source)
Petrosia imperforata Thiele, 1899 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) nigricans Lindgren, 1897 (additional source)
Petrosia seriata Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Neopetrosia seriata (Hentschel, 1912) (additional source)

Western and Northern Madagascar for Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Acanthella carteri Dendy, 1889 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Acanthotriaena crypta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Aciculites tulearensis Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Adocia fragilis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Agelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Anchinoe clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Axinella (Homaxinella) arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Axinella (Stylissa) donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callipelta cavernicola (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callipelta mixta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callipelta ornata Sollas, 1888 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callyspongia confoederata (sensu Ridley, 1884) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callyspongia reticutis var. salomonensis (Dendy, 1922) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Callyspongia subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Caminus sphaeroconia Sollas, 1886  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Chondrillastra mixta (Schulze, 1877) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Chondrosia debilis Thiele, 1900 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ciocalypta microstrongylata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Clathria dichela sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Clathria foliascens Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Clathria spongodes Dendy, 1922 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Clathriopsamma cercidochela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliona ensifera Sollas, 1878 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliona lobata Hancock, 1849  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Coelodischela diatomorpha Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Coelosphaera fucoides (Topsent, 1897) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Cornulum strepsichela Dendy, 1922 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Crambe acuata (Lévi, 1958) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Crambe acuata (Lévi, 1958) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Didiscus placospongioides Dendy, 1922 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Didiscus styliferus Tsurnamal, 1969  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Diplastrella gardineri Topsent, 1918 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Echinodictyum conulosum Kieschnick, 1900 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ecionemia laviniensis Dendy, 1905 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Erylus lendenfeldi Sollas, 1888 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Eurypon calypsoi Lévi, 1958 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Gelliodes flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Gellius centrangulatus Sollas, 1902 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Gellius flagellifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Gellius petrosioides (Dendy, 1905) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Haliclona madagascarensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Haliclona striata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Haliclona tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Halisarca ectofibrosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Hemectyonilla involuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Hemiasterella complicata Topsent, 1919 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Hexadella racovitzai Topsent, 1896  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Homophymia lamellosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, 1884 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ircinia cylindracea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ircinia fasciculata var. dendroides (Schmidt, 1862)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ircinia irregularis (Poléjaeff, 1884) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Isops carcinophila Lendenfeld, 1897 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Isops sollasi Lendenfeld, 1888 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Kaliapsis incrustans (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Latrunculia globosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Laxosuberites cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Lissodendoryx arenaria Burton, 1936 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Megalopastas nigra (Dendy, 1889) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Mycale (Grapelia) parasitica (Carter, 1885)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Mycale microxea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Neofolitispa unguiculata (Dendy, 1922) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Oceanapia amboinensis Topsent, 1897 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Oceanapia toxophila Dendy, 1922 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Oligoceras cavernosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862)  (inaccurate)
Western and Northern Madagascar for Paracornulum atoxa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Paracornulum minimum Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Petrosia densissima Dendy, 1905 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Petrosia imperforata Thiele, 1899 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Petrosia seriata Hentschel, 1912 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Petrosia spheroida Tanita, 1967 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Phyllospongia dendyi Lendenfeld, 1889 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Phyllospongia foliacens (Pallas, 1766) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) 
Western and Northern Madagascar for Placospongia carinata (Bowerbank, 1858) 

Holotype MNHN D.VVL 41, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Acanthotriaena crypta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN D.VVL.39, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Plakina corticioides Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN D-V.V.L-45, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Coelodischela diatomorpha Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 40, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Stelletta tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 42, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Callipelta mixta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 43, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Mycale microxea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 44, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Latrunculia globosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 46, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Paracornulum atoxa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 47, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Paracornulum minimum Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 48, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Spirorhabdia alata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 49, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Agelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 50, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Ciocalypta microstrongylata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 51, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Prostylissa fistulosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 52, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Haliclona tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 53, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Haliclona madagascarensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 54, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Haliclona striata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 55, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Adocia fragilis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 56, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Toxadocia microxea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 57, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Reniera polypoides Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 58, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Reniera viridenigra Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 59, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Rhizochalina minuta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 60, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Rhizochalina mucronata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 61, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Ircinia cylindracea Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 62, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Oligoceras cavernosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Holotype MNHN DVVL 63, geounit Western and Northern Madagascar, identified as Halisarca ectofibrosa Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976

 Synonymy

 for Suberites cruciatus var. depressa Dendy, 1922

The variety was based on a thinner encrusting growth form, which was reason for Rao (1941) to propose to merge it ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Axinosia incrustans Burton, 1930

The record of Vacelet & Vasseur (1965, 1971) is suspect as this concerns a tropical reef locality for a species ... [details]