Giant Barrel Sponges and Allies

Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species:

Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001

Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991

Xestospongia bocatorensis Díaz, Thacker, Rützler & Piantoni, 2007

Xestospongia caminata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

Xestospongia clavata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Xestospongia coralloides (Dendy, 1924)

Xestospongia delaubenfelsi Riveros, 1951

Xestospongia deweerdtae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999

Xestospongia diprosopia (de Laubenfels, 1930)

Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)

Xestospongia emphasis (de Laubenfels, 1954)

Xestospongia friabilis (Topsent, 1892)

Xestospongia grayi (Hechtel, 1983)

Xestospongia hispida (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Xestospongia informis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Xestospongia kapne Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016

Xestospongia madida (de Laubenfels, 1954)

Xestospongia mammillata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982

Xestospongia menzeli (Little, 1963)

Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870)

Xestospongia novaezealandiae Bergquist & Warne, 1980

Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996

Xestospongia plana (Topsent, 1892)

Xestospongia portoricensis van Soest, 1980

Xestospongia purpurea Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014

Xestospongia rampa (de Laubenfels, 1934)

Xestospongia ridleyi (Keller, 1891)

Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)

Xestospongia topsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

Xestospongia tuberosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Xestospongia vansoesti Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000

Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884)

Xestospongia viridenigra (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976)

Xestospongia wiedenmayeri van Soest, 1980