Table 3 Known species of the Persian Gulf sponges

Calcarea

Calcaronea

Grantia sp

[146]

Calcinea

Clathrina sp

[146]

Leucetta sp

[146,147,148,149,150]

Demospongiae

Heteroscleromorpha

Aaptos sp

[151]

Agelas dilatata

[152]

Agelas sp

[153, 154]

Amphimedon viridis

[155,156,157]

Axinella sinoxea

[136, 158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166]

Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax

[155]

Callyspongia (Callyspongia) siphonella

[16, 150, 167, 168]

Callyspongia clavata

[16, 147, 148, 167]

Callyspongia sp

[148, 149, 155, 167, 169]

Callyspongia vasseli

[147, 148]

Callyspongia sp

[170]

Chalinula qatari

[171]

Ciocalypta sp

[172, 173]

Clathria (Microciona) mima

[151]

Clathria sp

[151, 174]

Cliona celata

[175]

Cliona dioryssa

[155, 169]

Cliona mucronata

[176]

Cliona sp

[146, 177]

Clionaopsis platei

[178]

Cliothosa sp

[146]

Dercitus (Halinastra) sp

[176]

Dictyonella sp

[179]

Gelliodes carnosa

[148, 180, 181]

Gelliodes incrustans

[150]

Gelliodes nossibea

[182]

Gelliodes sp

[146, 149, 182]

Gelliodes wilsoni

[169]

Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea

[151]

Halichondria sp

[173, 183]

Haliclona

[184]

Haliclona (Gellius) toxia

[178]

Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata

[185, 186]

Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans

[185, 187, 188]

Haliclona (Haliclona) violacea

[161, 162]

Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea

[155]

Haliclona (Reniera) tubifera

[161, 162]

Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea

[155]

Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea

[152, 178, 189]

Haliclona sp

[21, 147, 154, 159, 169, 183, 190, 191]

Hemiasterella bouilloni

[21, 183]

Iophon laevistylus

[192]

Iophon sp

[164]

Iotrochota sp

[178]

Neopetrosia tuberosa

[148]

Niphates furcata

[16, 152, 167, 175, 193]

Niphates sp

[21, 146, 149, 150, 154, 159, 183]

Pachychalina sp

[194]

Pione carpenteri

[195]

Pione margaritiferae

[195]

Pione vastifica

[175, 195]

Pseudosuberites mollis

[169]

Siphonochalina sp

[155]

Spheciospongia inconstans

[182]

Stellettinopsis solida

[21, 183]

Suberites diversicolor

[173]

Suberites luna

[171]

Suberites sp

[146, 149]

Tedania (Tedania) sp

[146, 149]

Terpios viridis

[148]

Keratosa

Aplysilla sp

[146]

Dictyoceratida sp

[173]

Dysidea avara

[158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 196,197,198,199]

Dysidea cinerea

[147, 148]

Dysidea fragilis

[151]

Dysidea pallescens

[164, 193, 200]

Dysidea sp

[146, 149, 150, 168, 201, 202]

Euryspongia sp

[168]

Fascaplysinopsis reticulata

[16, 167]

Hyattella sp

[203]

Hyrtios erectus

[147, 148]

Ircinia echinata

[147, 148, 161, 162, 164, 182]

Ircinia mutans

[161, 204,205,206,207]

Ircinia ramosa

[173]

Ircinia sp

[146, 151, 152, 154, 164, 178]

Ircinia strobilina

[187]

Psammocinia sp

[203]

Spongia (Spongia) arabica

[148]

Spongia (Spongia) officinalis

[151, 169]

Verongimorpha

Chondrilla australiensis

[21, 178, 183, 208]

Chondrilla nucula

[151, 178]

Chondrilla sp

[146, 173]

Hexadella sp

[146]

Pseudoceratina arabica

[173]

Homoscleromorpha

Oscarella sp

[146]