1. Species Adocia atra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) atra (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) (genus transfer)
2. Species Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination, genus transfer)
3. Species Adocia dendyi (Burton, 1931) accepted as Callyspongia (Toxochalina) dendyi (sensu Burton, 1931) (genus transfer)
4. Species Adocia digitata (Baer, 1906) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) leopoldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
5. Species Adocia fayalensis (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Gelliodes fayalensis Topsent, 1892 (reverted genus transfer)
6. Species Adocia fistulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) gustavopulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (genus transfer and preoccupied)
7. Species Adocia flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
8. Species Adocia fragilis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Haliclona fragilis (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) (genus transfer)
9. Species Adocia intersepta (Topsent, 1928) accepted as Siphonochalina intersepta (Topsent, 1928) (genus transfer)
10. Species Adocia pigmentifera (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Haliclona pigmentifera (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
11. Species Adocia semifibrosa (Dendy, 1916) accepted as Haliclona semifibrosa (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)
12. Species Adocia simplicissima Burton, 1933 accepted as Haliclona simplicissima (Burton, 1933) (genus transfer)
13. Species Adocia simulans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
14. Species Adocia spiculotenuis (Topsent, 1891) accepted as Haliclona spiculotenuis (Topsent, 1891) (genus transfer)
15. Species Adocia tufa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Calyx tufa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 

De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors  

De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Adocia Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131828 on 2026-02-25

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Adocia Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131828 on 2026-02-25

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