Sponges of the North East Pacific Ocean

Sponges of the cold temperate NE Pacific

Bill Austin1, Bruce Ott1, Henry Reiswig2, Neil McDaniel3 and Paula Romagosa4

1. Khoyatan Marine Laboratory; 2. Dept. of Biology, Univ. Victoria; Natural History Section British Columbia Museum; 3. McDaniel Photography, Vancouver, BC; 4. Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre

A list of 260 species from central California to southern Alaska is recorded by Austin (1985). Austin and Ott provided a key to 130 species known from British Columbia and Washington (Kozloff, 1987).

This annotated list of approximately 290 species is an update of the 1985 list noted above. Approximately 230 of these species are recorded in BC and adjacent waters. The 159 highlighted species names include photos of specimens. The list includes some undescribed species (unnamed) but is not intended as a medium for formal species descriptions. Underwater photographs were largely taken by Neil McDaniel (McDaniel Photography, Vancouver, BC).

Welton Lee, David Elvin and Henry Reiswig (2007) have produced a major guide to the sponges of California while Bob Stone, Helmut Lehnert and Henry Reiswig (2011) have produced a guide to the deep water sponges in the Aleutians. We hope that, ultimately, a revised list will incorporate the work of all spongologists along the NE Pacific coast. Please note that the list at this time is a draft copy subject to updates and corrections.

Acknowledgements

Many people helped in field surveys and collection including: Myriam Preker ( Bamfield Marine Station), Mile LeBlanc and Ray Anderson (Univ. British Columbia), Jeff Marliave (Vancouver Public Aquarium), Verena Tunnicliffe (Univ. Victoria), Kim Conway & J. Vaughn Barrie (Pacific Geoscience Centre), Henry Reiswig (Univ. Victoria), Welton Lee (California Acad. Sciences), Bjorn Gulliksen (Univ. Tromso), and Manfred Krautter (Univ. Stuttgart). Jeff Goddard (Univ. Cal., Santa Barbara, and Jerry Bakus (Univ. Southern California) who provided some updates on his collections in the Puget Sound region in the 1960s. Neil McDaniel was assisted on many SCUBA dives by Geoff Grognet and Doug Swanston.

Photos other than those of the authors were provided by Rick Harbo (Fisheries & Oceans, Canada, ret._, Brent Cooke and Phil Lambert, ret. (BC Provincial Museum), Ron Long (Simon Fraser Univ.) and Frank Bernard (Pacific Biological Station), Ralph Brinkhurst & Doug Moore (Institute of Ocean Sciences), and Rob Van Syoc (California Academy of Sciences).

Selected References

Austin, W.C. 1985. An annotated checklist of marine invertebrates in the cold temperate northeast Pacific. Khoyatan, Cowichan Bay, BC, 642 p. [sponges pp. 21-42]

Boury-Esnault, N. and K. Rutzler (eds.) 1997. Thesaurus of sponge morphology. Smithsonian Contrib. to Zool. 596, 55 p.

Carlton, J.T. (ed.). 2007. The Light and Smith manual: intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon. Univ. California Press, Berkeley, 1001 p.

Hooper, J. & R.W.M. Van Soest. 2002. Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum. New York. 2 vol. 1708, xlviii pp.

Kozloff, E. 1987. Marine invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, 511 p. [sponges by Austin & Ott, pp. 6-31 plus p. 487 in 1996 paperback edition].

Lambe, A. & W.P. Hanby. 2005. Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest. Harbour Publ., Madiera Park, BC. 398 p. [Sponges pp. 60-80].

Lee, W.L., D.W. Elvin, & H. Reiswig. 2007. The Sponges of California. A Guide and Key to the Marine Sponges of California. Vermont Information Systems. Shelburne, VT.

Morris, R.H. D.P. Abbott & E.C. Haderlie. 1980. Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA. 690 p. [sponges by Bakus & Abbott pp. 21-39

Stone, R.P., H. Lehnert, H. Reiswig. 2011. A guide to the deep-water sponges of the Aleutian Island Archipelago. NOAA Professional Paper 12. 187 p.

Code to images: Bold=photo of whole animal.

Abbreviations: Alask=Alaska, Aleut=Aleutians, Arc=Arctic, Atl=Atlantic, BC=British Columbia, BerS=Bering Sea, Cosmo=Cosmopolitan, I=Island, Ind=Indian Ocean, MBARI= Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, N,C,S Cal=North, Central, Southern California, Oreg=Oregon, Pac=Pacific Ocean, Pt=Point, Wash=Washington, WCA William C. Austin (Bill).

Littoral=Intertidal, Shallow=less than 200 m deep, Deep=more than 200 m deep

*XXX* denotes a locality for new records

aff.=close to; cf.=compare with

Orders are arranged by convention while families are listed alphabetically under each order and genera are listed alphabetically under each family.

Phylum Porifera

Subphylum Symplasma

Class Hexactinellida

Subclass amphidiscophora

order amphidiscosida

Family Hyalonematidae

Hyalonema ovuliferum Schulze 1899

South Alask, deep

Hyalonema populiferum Schulze, 1899

BC, S Cal, deep *West of Skidegate Inlet, BC: WCA

family pheronematidae

Poliopogon Mendocino Reiswig, 1999

N Cal, deep

family monoraphididae

subclass hexasterophora

order fieldingida

family fieldingidae

order lyssacinosida [lyssacinosa]

family euplectellidae

Holascus undulates Schulz, 1899

NW Pacific, S. Alask, deep

Saccocalyx careyi (Reiswig, 1999)

N Cal, deep [Nubicaulus]

family leucopsacasidae [placopegmatidae]

Leucopsacus scoliodocus Ijima, 1903

BC, W. Pacific, N. Atl. *Jervis Inlet, BC: H. Reiswig*

Placopegma species? Schulze, 1899

Washington, deep

family rossellidae [lanuginellidae, in part]

Acanthascus new species

BC-Wash, shallow N to Burke Channel, BC: WCA

Acanthascus cf. platei Schulze, 1899

BC, S. Cal, shallow, *Mittlenatch I., BC: WCA*

Aulosaccus ijimae (Schuylze, 1899)

S. Alask, deep [Calycosaccus]

Bathydoris cf. echinatus

Wash, deep, *Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge: WCA*

Caulophacus species

Oreg-Wash, deep

Rhabdocalyptus asper Schulze, 1899

Oregon, S Cal, deep, *off Oregon: WCA [Acanthascus]*

Rhabdocalyptus dawsoni (Lambe, 1893)

Alask, S Cal, shallow [Bathydorus, Acanthascus]

Rhabdocalyptus mirabilis Schulze, 1899

Alask, deep [Acanthascus]

Rhabdocalyptus tenuis Schulze, 1899

Wash, deep [Acanthosaccus, Acanthascus]

Staurocalyptus dowlingi (Lambe, 1894)

Alask, S Cal, shallow [Acanthascus]

Staurocalyptus fasciculatus Schulze, 1899

Wash, Deep; *Juan de Fuca Ridge, Wash: WCA/H. Reiswig [Acanthascus]

order hexactinosida [hexactinosa]

family aphrocallistidae

Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1887

NW Pacific-Bering Sea-Alask-Mexico, shallow [A. whiteavensianus Lambe, 1893]

Heterochone calyx (Schulze, 1887)

Japan-Bering Sea-Alask-S Cal, shallow [Chonelasma]

Heterochone tenerum (Schulze, 1887)

Bering Sea, S Cal, shallow [Heterochone]

family craticulariidae

family cribrospongiidae

family dactylocalycidae

family euritidae [coscinosporidae, chonelasmidae]

Lefroyella species?

BC, deep, *Explorer Ridge, BC: WCA*

family farreidae

Farrea aculeate Schulze, 1899

Wash, deep

Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862

BC, "Cosmopolitan in deep water", *Explorer Seamount, BC: WCA*

family tretodictyidae

order auloclycoida

family aulocalycidae

family uncinateridae

order lychniscosida (lychiniscosa, dictyonina, part)

family aulocystidae (diapleuridae)

class calcarea (calcispongiae, cellularia, part)

subclass calcinea

order clathrinidae (Homocoela, part)

family clathrinidae

Clathrina cf. blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)

BC, S Cal, shallow, *Portland Canal, BC: WCA [Guancha per WCA]

Clathrina species cf. blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)

BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BL-WCA* [Leucosolenia species cf. convalaria (Haeckel, 1872) per WCA

Clathrina cf coriacea (Montague, 1818)

BC, S Cal, shallow, *Portland Canad, BC: WCA*

Clathrina species of Hartman, 1975

BC, C Cal, littoral, #Barkley Sound, BC: WCA*

[ref: Klautau 2001]

family leucaltidae

family leucascidae

family leucettidae

family levinellidae

family soleneiscidae

order murrayonida

family lelapiellidae

Family murrayonidae

family paramurrayonidae

subclass calcaronea

order leucosoleniida (homocoela, Part)

family achramorphidae

family amphoriscidae

Amphoriscus sp new record NE Pac [As "Leucandra sp", Botanical Beach]

Botanical Beach, BC

family grantiidae

Grantia comoxensis (Lambe, 1895)

BC, shallow [known only from holotype]

Grantia species aff. compressa (Fabricius, 1780)

Leucandra apicalis Urban, 1905

S-C Cal, littoral [Leuconia]

Leucandra heathi Urban, 1915

Aleut-S Cal, littoral [Leuconia], *Steep I., BC: WCA*

Leucandra new species cf. levis (Polejaef, 1884)

BC, shallow, "Fitz Hugh Sound, BC: WCA"

Leucandra pyriformis Lambe, 1894

Aleut-BC, Japan, shallow [Leuconia]

Sycandra species cf. utriculus (Schmidt, 1870)

BC, shallow, *Goose I., BC: WCA*

family leucosolenidae

Leucosolenia species cf. kagoshimensis (Hozawa, 1929)

BC, deep; *Endeavor Ridge, BC, 2400 m: WCA*

Leucosolenia eleanor Urban, 1905

Aleut-S Cal, littoral [L. botyryoides of Burton 1963]

Leucosolenia species cf. lucasi Dendy, 1891

BC, shallow, *Viner Pt, Reid I., BC: WCA*

Leucosolenia nautilia de Laubenfels, 1930

BC-S Cal, littoral, [L. botryoides of Burton 1963] *Bamfield, BC: WCA*

family staurorrhaphidae

family scycanthidae

Sycantha species new record, as "Leucandra sp.", Agamemnon Channel

BC, Wash?, littoral [=? Scypha raphanus of de Laubenfels 1961; Tenthrenodes], *Execution Rock Cave, BC: WCA*

family sycettidae

Sycon coactum Urban, 1905

C Cal, littoral, [Scypha coacta]

Sycon compactum Lambe, 1894

Aleut-BC, Japan, shallow [Scypha compacta]

Sycon mundulum Lambe, 1900

BC, Japan, NW Atl, shallow, [Scypha mundula], *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA*

Sycon protectum Lambe, 1896

BC, NW Atl, littoral, [Scypha protecta]

order lithonida

family lelapiidae

family minchinellidae

family petrobionidae

order baerida

family baeriidae

Leucopsila species cf. stylifera (Schmidt, 1870)

Aleut, BC, shallow, *Dixon Entrance, BC: WCA*

family lepidoleuconidae

family trichogypsiidae

class demospongiae

subclass homoscleromorpha

order homosclerophorida [carnosa,Part]

FAMILY OSCARELLIDAE [IN PLAKINIDAE BY SOME]

Oscarella carmela Muricy & Pearse, 2004

C Cal, N Cal, BC in Vancouver Aquarium Science Centre

Family plakinidae [halinidae, incl. corticiidae]

Plakina atka Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005

Aleut-BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA*

Plakina species cf. brachylopha Topsent, 1928

BC, shallow, *Portland Canal, BC, 200 m: WCA*

Plakina monolopha Schulze, 1880

BC, *Endeavor Ridge, BC, 2400 m: WCA*

Plakina species cf. trilopha Schulze, 1880

*Saanich Inlet, BC, 90 m: WCA*

?Plakinastrella new species

S Alask, littoral, *Windfall I., Alask: WCA*

subclass tetractinomorpha

order choristida (astrophorida + epipolasidae)

Family ancorinidae (stellettidae) (incl. coppatiidae in part)

Penares cortius de Laubenfels, 1930

S Alask-BC-S Cal, Baja?, Japan; littoral

Penares saccharis (de Laubenfels, 1930)

C Cal, littoral [may = Penares cortius]

Stelletta clarella de Laubenfels, 1930

S Alask-BC-Mexico, Chile, littoral, *Dixon I., BC: WCA* [=Stelletta Estrella de Laubenfels, 1930]

Stelletta validissima Thiele, 1898

Jap-BerS, BC, shallow

Stelletta species cf. normani (Sollas, 1880)

BC, shallow, *Kitasu Bay, BC: WCA/B. Ott [Dragmastra]

family calthropellidae

family geodiidae

Geodia mesotriaena Lendfeld, 1910

S Alask-S Cal, shallow, [G. agassizi Lendenfeld, 1910, G. breviana Lendenfeld, 1910, Cydonium muelleri of Lambe, 1893, non G. mesotriaena Hentschel, 1929, non? littoral Geodia in S Cal.]

Geodinella robusta Lendenfeld, 1910

Japan-Aleut-BC-S Cal, shallow [Geodia per Systema, p. 138; Sidonops per Systema, p. 141][Geodia lendenfeldi per Stone, Lehnert & Reiswig, 2011; Sidonops angulate Lendenfeld, 1910, C-S Cal, shallow = ?S. bicolor Lendenfeld, 1910, Geodia?]

family pachastrellidae [astrotreptidae, incl. theneidae]

Poecillastra japonica (Thiele, 1898)

NW Pac-BerS-BC, N Atl, shallow [P. compressa japonica of Koltun; Pachyastrella]

Poecillastra tenuilaminaris (Sollas, 1886)

Japan, BC, C-S Cal, shallow, *off Barkley Sound, BD: WCA* [Poecillastra rickettsi de Laubenfels, 1930]

[might be placed in Volcanella based on presence of cribriporal oscula surrounded by palisade of oxeas in some specimens]

family thrombidae

order spirophorida [tetractinellida, part]

Family tetillidae [incl. craniellidae]

Craniella spinosa Lambe, 1894

Aleut-BC, shallow, [Tetilla]

Craniella villosa Lambe 1894

Aleut-BC, littoral

Tetilla species A of Hartman 1975

C Cal, littoral

family samidae

family scleritodermidae

family spirasigmidae

order lithistida [desmophorida]

[Problematic Order as likely polyphyletic]

family azoricidae

family corallistidae

family desmanthidae

[rev. Van Soest & Hajdu 2000]

family isoraphiniidae

family leiodermatiidae (azoricidae)

family macandrewiidae

family neopeltidae (siphonidiidae)

family phymaraphiniidae

family phymatellidae

family pleromidae

family scleritodermidae

family siphonidiidae

family theonellidae

family vetulinidae

order hadromerida

family acanthochaetetidae

family alectonidae

family clionaidae

[old name Clionidae is syn. with Pteropod family]

Cliona cf. argus var. laevicollis Thiele, 1898

BC, Japan; littoral; *Quatsino Sound, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

Cliona californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932)

S Alask-Baja Cal, littoral, [Cliona celata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932; Pseudosuberites pseudos Dickinson, 1945]

Cliona lobate Hancock, 1849

BC, C Cal, Atl, littoral; *Nootka I., BC: WCA/B. Ott*

Pione gibraltarensis Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

BC, littoral; *Gibraltar I., Barkley Sound: WCA/B. Ott*

Cliona species of Hartman, 1975

C Cal; littoral

family hemiasterallidae

family polymastiidae

Polymastia kurilensis Koltun, 1962

Japan-BerS-S Alask, shallow

Polymastia pacifica Lambe 1894

Aleut-BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/ B. Ott*

Polymastia pachymastia de Laubenfels, 1932

N Cape Flattery, BC, Aleut-C Cal, littoral

Polymastia picesae Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

BC, deep, *Observatory Inlet, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

Radiella endeavourensis Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

S Alask, Wash, deep, *Endeavor Ridge, Wash: WCA/B. Ott* [Polymastia]

Sphaerotylus raphidophora Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

S Alask, deep

Sphaerotylus verenae Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

Wash, deep, *Endeavor Ridge, Wash, 2500 m: WCA/B. Ott*

Weberella perlucida Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

BC, shallow, *Stubbs I., BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Weberella species

BC, Knight Inlet, shallow

Weberella species?

[fat fistulae]

BC, Indian Arm, shallow

Tentorium aff. semisuberites Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

BC, Sechelt, shallow

Family spirastrellidae [Podospongiidae]

Stylocordyla species [New record, NE Pac]

S-C Cal

family placospongiidae

family sollasellidae

family suberitidae

Aaptos species

*S of Fleming I., BC, 63 m: WCA*

Aaptos simplex (Lambe, 1894) [Suberites]

Homaxinella amphispicula (de Laubenfels, 1961)

BC-Wash, shallow, *Graham I., BC: WCA/B. Ott*

[In Raspailia by some; may include Homaxinella subdual of Koltun 1959 in part. Transferrred from Syringella based on Porifera Systema 2002, p. 232]

Prosuberites species of Hartman 1975

C Cal; littoral

Prosuberites saanichensis Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA*

Rhizaxinella gadus (de Laubenfels, 1926) [Suberites]

S-C Cal, shallow

Suberites concinnus Lambe, 1895

NWPac-BerS-BC, shallow

[Suberites montiniger Carter, 1880 of Koltun 1966, of Austin & Ott 1987]

Suberites latus Lambe, 1893

BerS-Wash, littoral

[Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792) forma latus Lambe, 1893; Choanites subarea var. lata of de Laubenfels, 1961; Suberites ficus of Bakus, 1971

Suberites lambei Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

S Alask-S Cal, littoral

[Suberites ficus of authors in NEPac in part: WCA/B.Ott]

family tethyidae

Tethya californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932)

BC-Gulf Cal, C Cal, littoral

[T. aurantia of authors in part in NEPac; non T. californiana Sara & Corriere, 1993 and T. leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010]

Tethya vacua Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014

S Cal, shallow

[T. californiana of Sara & Corriero, 1993]

family timeidae

Family trachycladidae

order chondrosida

family chondrosidae

Family chondrillidae

[ref: Fromont 2008; Vacelet, 2000]

subclass ceractinomorpha

order verticillitida ["sphinctozoa"]

family cryptocoellidae

order agelasida

family agelasidae

family astroscleridae

order halichondrida [including axinellida]

family axinellidae

Auletta krautteri Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2013

S Alask-BC, shallow, *Dixon Entrance, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Axinella species

BC, shallow, *Queen Charlotte Sound, BC: WCA*

Dragmacidon kishinense Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2013

BC, littoral, *Execution Rock, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

[Phakellia per WCA/B.Ott]

Echinoclathria species aff. beringensis (Hentschell, 1929)

BC, shallow, *Pine I., BC: WCA/B. Ott* [Phakellia per WCA/B. Ott]

family heteroxyidae [desmoxyidae]

Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864

BC, NAtl, shallow, *Saanich Inlet, BC: WCA*

Higginsia species

BC, C Cal, littoral, *Arbutus I., BC: WCA/B.Ott*

family dictyonellidae

?Tedania species cf. critagilli (Dendy, 1924)

Rennell Sound, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte I.), BC, shallow, M. LeBlanc [Acanthella]

family halichondridae

Amorphinopsis new species cf. subacerata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

BC, shallow, *Knight Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Axinyssa tuscara (Ristau, 1978) [Axinomimus]

N-C Cal, shallow

Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1864

BC, Pac, Atl, Ind, shallow, *BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) [Eumastia sitiens Schmidt, 1870]

Bers-BC, shallow [Pellina]

Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930

BC-C Cal, N Atl, littoral, *Bamfield, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[H. panacea of authors in part NEPac]

Halichondria (Halichondria) species cf. genitrix Schmidt, 1870

S Alask, littoral, *Windfall I., Alask: WCA/B.Ott*

Halichondria (Halichondria) lambei Brodnsted, 1933

Aleut, BC, deep, *Gordon Channel, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Halichondria (Halchondria) panacea (Pallas, 1766)

Alask-Mex, NPac, NAtl; littoral

Halichondria (Halichondria) new species? cf. bowerbanki

BC, littoral, *Bamfield, BC: WCA/H. Reiswig*

Halichondria new species

BC, littoral, *Bradys Beach, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Halichondria species

BC, shallow, Skookumchuck Narrows, Sutton Islet

Topsentia disparilis (Lambe, 1894) [from Halichondria: WCA]

NWPac-BerS-BC, shallow , *Barkley Sound, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Topsentia species aff. fibrosa Fristedt, 1887 [Halichondria per WCA/B.Ott]

BC, shallow, *Saanich Inlet, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

family hymeniacidonidae

[Included in Halichondridae by Systema Porifera, p. 787]

Hymeniacidon actites (Ristau, 1978)

N Cal, littoral

[Leucophloeus per Ristau]

Hymeniacidon aff. perlevis Montague, 1818

BC, C Cal, littoral, *Departure Bay, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymeniacidon sinapium de Laubenfels, 1930

C-Baja Cal, littoral

Hymeniacidon species cf. sinapium of de Laubenfels, 1930 in part

BC, littoral, *Trial Islands, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Similar to form described from southern California]

Hymeniacidon ungodon de Laubenfels, 1932

BC-C Cal, littoral, *Execution Rock, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymeniacidon species cf. Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874)

BC, shallow, Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott* [Stylotella per WCA/B.Ott]

Hymeniacidon species

BC, shallow, Sakinaw Rock, Sechelt

Hymeniacidon new species

BC, littoral, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott* [Stylinos per WCA/B.Ott]

Rhaphoxya speciesBC, deep, *Fisher Channel, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

?Spongosorites species cf. annandalei (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1923)

BC, shallow, *Trevor Channel, BC: WCA/B.Ott* [Oxeostilon]

order poecilosclerida

suborder mycalina

family cladorhizidae

Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) biserialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

BC, BajaCal, SPac, deep, *Explorer Ridge, BC: WCA*

Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) occidentalis (Lambe, 1893b)

NWPac-BerS-BC, S Cal, shallow

[Lycopodina, Esperella, A. lycopodium (Levinsen, 1886) of Koltun in part; A. hadalis Levi, 1964]

Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) cf. pennatula (Schmidt, 1875)

BC, deep, *Explorer Ridge, BC: WCA*

Asbestopluma ramose Koltun, 1958

Eastern Gulf of Alaska, Vancouver I., NPac, Arctic, N Atl.

Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) species cf. ramose Koltun, 1958

Kuriles, BC, deep, *Explorer Ridge, BC: WCA*

[? C Cal, deep, branching; MBARI, also branching; A. furcata Lundbeck]

Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) species cf. koltuni Vacelet, 2006, p. 558

C Cal, deep [branch at one point, on end of stalk, MBARI] [C. koltuni near Bering, 1525 m]

Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) species cf. concrescens (Schmidt, 1880); cf. michaelsarsii Arneson, 1920

C Cal deep

[branch along vertical stalk, MBARI; unlike C. gigantea and other club-shaped species]

Chondrocladia (Symmetrocladia) lyra Lee, L.W., H. Reiswig, WCA, L. Lundsten 2012

C Cal, deep

[branch along one side of horizontal stalk, MBARI]

Lollipocladia tiburoni Vacelet, 2008

C Cal, deep, Vance Seamount

family desmacellidae [biemnidae, sigmaxinellidae]

Biemna rhadia de Laubenfels, 1930

S Alask-Gulf of Cal, shallow, *Kodiak Alask: WCA/B.Ott*

Biemna species cf. megalosigma Hentschel, 1912

BC, shallow, *Saanich Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Desmacella annexa (Schmidt, 1870) [Biemna, Tylodesma]

Jervis Inlet, BC, 384 m: WCA

Desmacella austini Lehnert, Conway, Barrie, Krautter, 2005

BC, C Cal, deep; *Fitz Hugh Sound, BC, shallow: WCA/B.Ott

[D. vagabunda of de Laubenfels, 1932; non D. vagabunda Schmidt, 1870]

Desmacella species

Anthony I., BC: WCA

family esperiopsidae

Esperiopsis species cf. villosa (Carter, 1874)

BC, deep, *Fisher Channel, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)

Japan-BerS-BC, shallow

[Isodictya per Systema Porifera, p. 704; Neoesperiopsis, Esperiopsis; Esperiopsis quatsinoensis Lambe, 1893a; Isodictya quatsinoensis of Hartmen, 1958 part; Amphilectis]

Amphilectus digitatus infundibulus (Koltun, 1958)

NWPac-Alask-BC; deep, *Dean Channel, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Esperiopsis digitata infundibula Koltun, 1956; Isodictya per Systema Porifera, p. 704; Neoesperiopsis per WCA/B.Ott]

Amphilectus laxus (Lambe, 1893a)

BC, shallow

[Isodictya per Systema Porifera, p. 704; Neoesperiopsis; Isodictya quatsinoensis of Hartman, 1958]

Amphilectus rigidus (Lambe, 1893a)

S Alask-BC, littoral

[Isodictya per Systema Porifera, p. 704 and World Porifera Database (acc. 2015-10-17); Neoesperiopsis, Esperiopsis; Isodictya quatsinoensis of Hartman, 1958, part]

Amphilectus vancouverensis (Lambe, 1893a)

BC, shallow

[Isodictya per Systema Porifera, p. 704; Neoesperiopsis, Esperiopsis; Isodictya quatsinoensis of Hartman, 1958, part]

Semisuberites cribrosa (Michlucho-Maclay, 1870) [Veluspa, Phakettia]

Atl Arc, N Alask-BC-Wash, Forester I., Alask, shallow: WCA/B. Ott; *shallow [Stylissa stipitata de Laubenfels, 1961]*

family guitarridae

Guitarra abbotti Lee, 1987

Aleut, shallow to deep, C Cal, shallow

family hamacanthidae

Hamacantha (Zygherpe) hyaloderma (de Laubenfels, 1932) [Zygherpe]

BC- C Cal; littoral

Hamacantha species

BC, shallow; Indian Arm

Pozziella species aff. clavisaepta Topsent, 1896

Wash, deep, *Endeavor Ridge, Wash, 2500 m: WCA*

family isodictyidae

family mycalidae

Mycale (Aegogropila) adhaerens (Lambe, 1893b) [Esperella]

BerS-BC-Wash, NE Atl, littoral: WCA

Mycale (Aegograpila) bamfieldense Reiswig & Kaiser, 1989

BC, littoral to deep (Alask)

[In subgenus Aegograpila per Systema Porifera, p. 679]

Mycale (Mycale) loeveni (Fristedt, 1887)

NWPac-BerS-BC, deep; [Mycale bellabellensis (Lambe, 1905), shallow]; Mycalecarnia, Clathrial]; *Cape St. James, BC: WCA/BO*

Mycale (Mycale) hispida (Lambe, 1893b) [Esperella]

NEPac-Aleut-Wash, littoral

Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866)

Arc-Aleut-BC, Atl, Antarc, deep, *Knight Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Esperella, non Mycale lingua of Bakus, 1966 in Wash.]

Mycale (Mycale) toporoki Koltun, 1958

Japan, NWPac-BerS, C Cal

Mycale (Mycale) cf. toporoki Koltun, 1958

BC-Wash, littoral

[Esperella lingua of Lambe, 1895; Mycale lingua of Bakus, 1966 in Wash]

Mycale lobate (Bowerbank, 1866)

NWPac-Alask-BC, Atl, littoral, *off Vancouver I., BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1814); Mycalecarmia; Esperella modesta Lambe, 1895; Mycale babici of de Laubenfels, 1949]

Mycale (Carmia) macginitiei de Laubenfels, 1930

BC- C Cal, Uapan-Korea, littoral (Carmia), *Anthony I., BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Mycale (Carmia) richardsoni Bakus, 1966

BC-Wash, shallow

Mycale (Paresperella) psila (de Laubenfels, 1930)

BC-S Cal, littoral, *Long Beach, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

[Mycale, Esperella serratohamata of Lambe]

suborder myxillina

family chondropsidae

Psammoclema new record

BC, littoral (Psammopemma), *Execution Rock Cave, Barkley Sound: WCA/B.Ott

family coelosphaerida

Chaetodoryx new record

BC, shallow, *Bowie Seamount, Wash: WCA/B.Ott*

Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) species

BC, deep, *Fitz Hugh Sound, BC: WCA/BO*

[as subgenus of Lissodendoryx per Systema Porifera, p. 544]

Lissodendoryx new record

BC, shallow, Knight Inlet: WCA

Forcepia (Forcepia) elvini Lee, 2001

C Cal, shallow

Forcepia (Forcepia) hartmani Lee, 2001

BC, C Cal, littoral *Seapool Rocks, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Lissodendoryx firma of Hartman, 1975 in part; Forcepia species of Austin & Ott, 1987]

Forcepia (Forcepia) hymena (de Laubenfels, 1930 [Wilsia]

C Cal, deep

Inflatella species B

BC, shallow; *Barkley Sound, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) amaknakensis (Lambe, 1895)

BerS-C Cal, lottoral

[Myxilla; Lissodendoryx noxiosa de Laubenfels, 1932; Jones is a synonym of Lissodendoryx per Systema Porifera, p. 540]

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) firma (Lambe, 1895)

BerS-C Cal, littoral

[Myxilla; Lissodendoryx noxiosa de Laubenfels, 1932]

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) kyma de Laubenfels, 1930 [Merriamum]

C Cal, deep

Lissodendoryx new record

BC, littoral, *Bradys Beach, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

?Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) topsenti (de Laubenfels, 1930)

BC, C Cal-S Cal, littoral, *Anthony I., BC: WCA

[Tedania; Lissodendoryx; Tedania toxicalis de Laubenfels, 1930]

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) behringi Koltun, 1958 [Lissodendoryx, Merriamum]

S Alask, shallow, *Kodiak I., Alask, BerS, Sea of Okhotsk: WCA/B.Ott*

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) oxeota Koltun, 1958 [Lissodendoryx, Merriamum]

NWPac (Sea of Okhotsk), BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) sp. aff. ivanovi Koltun, 1958 [Merriamum]

*Queen Charlotte Sound, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

family iotrochotidae

Hymetrochota new record

BC, shallow, Knight Inlet: WCA

family crambeidae

Monanchora alaskensis (Lambe, 1895)

BerS-BC, littoral, *Pine I., BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Chondrocladia, Stelodoryx; non Stelodoryx alaskensis of Koltun, 1958]

Monanchora pulchra (Lambe, 1895) [Chondrocladia]

NWPac-Alask, shallow

family crellidae

Crellomima species?

BC, deep, *Fitz Hugh Sound, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

family dendoricellidae

family hymedesmiidae [including anchinoidae]

Acanthancora cyanocrypta (de Laubenfels, 1930)

BC, C-SCal; littoral, *Execution Rock Cave, BC: WCA*

[Hymenamphiastra; Hymedesmia by some]

Arndtanchora new species

BC, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Hymenanchora per Systema Porifera, p. 606]

Hamigera new species

BC-Wash, littoral, *Observatory Inlet, BC: WCA/80*

[Lissodendoryx aff. kyma of Bakus, 1966]

Iophon rayae (Bakus, 1966)

BC-C Cal, littoral, *Anthony I., BC: WCA*

[in Hymedesmia by some; in Iophon per Systema Porifera, p. 424]

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) species cf. consanguinea Lundbeck, 1910

BD, shallow, *Vananda Cove, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) species cf. procumbens Lundbeck, 1910

BC, shallow, *Soquel Bank, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) arndti (de Laubenfels, 1930)

BC, C Cal, littoral, *Execution Rock, BC: WCA/BO*

[?Astylinifera; subgenus of Hymedesmia per Systema Porifera, p. 582]

Hymedesmia (Stylopus) primitiva Lundbeck, 1910 [Hymedesmia primitiva]

BC shallow, *Howe Sound: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymedesmia species A of Hartman, 1975

BC, C Cal, littoral, *Anthony I., BC*

Hymedesmia species B of Hartman, 1975

C Cal, littoral

Hymedesmia species C of Ott & Austin

BC, shallow, *Vananda Cove, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymedesmia species D of Ott & Austin

BC, deep; *Portland Canal, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Hymedesmia species E of Austin

BC, littoral, *Chad I., BC: WCA*

Hymedesmia species F of Austin

BC, littoral, *Chad I., BC: WCA*

Phorbas species [Stylostichon]

C Cal, *C Cal: WCA/W. Lee*

Phorbas species

BC, *Cobb Seamount, 290 m: WCA*

Phorbas hoffmani (Bakus, 1966)

BC-Wash, littoral, *Tasu Inlet, BC: WCA/80*

[Phorbis in Systema Porifera, p. 585]

Plocamionida lyoni (Bakus, 1966) [Hymendectyon]

BC-Wash, C Cal, littoral, *Pt. Lobos, Cal: WCA/W. Lee*

family myxillidae [incl. acarniidae]

Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica Lambe, 1893

Aleut-BC, shallow to deep

[A subgenus of Myxilla per Systema Porifera, p. 614; Ectyodoryx; non M. parasitica of de Laubenfels, 1932. Only know from type]

Hymenanchora species?

BC, shallow, *Burke Channel, BC: WCA/80*

Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes de Laubenfels, 1930

C Cal

Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis Lambe, 1895

S Alask-BC, littoral to deep

Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)

Japan-Bers-S Cal, N Atl, littoral

[Myxilla rosacea Lambe, 1893b; Myxilla barentsi Lambe, 1895]

Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lacunose Lambe, 1893a

Aleut-BC; shallow

[In subgenus Burtonanchora per Systema Porifera, p. 613]

Plocamiancora igzo (de Laubenfels, 1932) [Plocamia, Plocamissa]

BC, C Cal-Mexico, littoral, *Houston-Stewart Channel, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte I.), B.C.: WCA*

Ectyonopsis hartmani (Bakus, 1966)

BC=Wash, shallow, *Jervis Inlet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

[Ecthyonopsis per Systema Porifera, p. 603]

family phellodermidae

family phoriospongiidae

family tedaniidae

[In Myxillidae by some]

Tedania (Tedania) fragilis Lambe, 1895

NWPac-Alask-Wash, shallow

Tedania (Trachytedania) gurjanovae Koltun, 1958

NWPac, BC-Wash, shallow, *Mendocino State Park, Cal: WCA/W. Lee*

Tedania (Trachytedania) species cf. microrhaphidiophora Burton, 1935

Alask-BC; shallow, *Howe Sound, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

Tedania (Tedania) obscurata (de Laubenfels, 1930) [Tedanione]

Wash, C Cal, littoral

suborder microcionina

family acarnidae [incl. iophonidae]

Acarnus erithacus de Laubenfels, 1927

S Alask-Gulf Cal, littoral, *Forester I, Alask: WCA/B.Ott*

Iophon lamella Wilson, 1904

BC-S Cal, shallow

[Iophon cheliforum Ridlye & Dendy, 1886 var. californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932); I. pattersoni of Bakus, 1966 in NEPac]

Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1881) var. pacificum Koltun, 1958

NWPac, BC, shallow, *Canoe Islet, BC: WCA/B.Ott*

?Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953

BC, shallow, *Dixon Entrance, BC: WCA/B. Ott*

family microcionidae [incl. clathriidae, ophlitaspongidae]

Antho (Plocamia) karykina (de Laubenfels, 1927)

BC-S Cal, littoral, *Anthony I., BC: WCA/B.Ott [as Plocamia]*

Antho species cf. Plocamia cf. ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866)

BC, deep, *Hecate Strait, BC, sta. 5: WCA*

Antho (Acarnia) illgi (Bakus, 1966)

BC-S Cal, littoral, *Louis Creek, BC: WCA/B.Ott [as Plocamilla]*

Antho (Jia) jia (de Laubenfels, 1930) [Jia]

C Cal, deep

Antho (Plocamia) lambei (Burton, 1935)

BC-S Cal, littoral

[Plocamia manaarensis of Lambe, 1895; Plocamilla zimmeri of Bakus, 1966]

Antho (Jia) lithophoenix (de Laubenfels, 1927)

C-S Cal, littoral; [Isociona, Plocamia]

Antho (Antho) graceae (Bakus, 1966)

BC-Wash, C Cal, shallow, *Carmel Bay, Cal: WCA/W. Lee*

[Burtonanchora lacunose of de Laubenfels; in Antho per Systema Porifera, p. 456]

Artemisina archegona Ristau, 1978

C Cal, shallo

Clathria species of Hartman, 1975

C Cal, BC, littoral

Clathria species

BC, shallow, Sechelt I.: WCA

?Clathria (Clathria) asodes (de Laubenfels, 1930)

BC, C Cal, littoral, *Anthony I., BC: WCA*

[Eurypon, Holorodesmia, Hymedesmia, Leptoclathria; in Clathria per Systema Porifera, p. 437]

Clathria (Clathria) laevigata Lambe, 1893b

Aleut, BC, Japan, Kuril Strait, shallow

Clathria (Clathria) prolifera (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Introduced Wash, C Cal, Atl, littoral, *Willapa Bay, Wash: J. Carlton*