Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Acarnus polytylus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 (original description)
Adocia cribrata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Haliclona cribrata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) (original description)
Adocia reptans Griessinger, 1971 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) massiliensis Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (additional source)
Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Alectona millari Carter, 1879 (additional source)
Anchinoe fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Anchinoe mercator (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Phorbas mercator (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Anchinoe paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Anchinoe tenacior Topsent, 1925 accepted as Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925) (additional source)
Antho involvens (Schmidt, 1864) represented as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Auletta pedunculata (Topsent, 1896) (additional source)
Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) (additional source)
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) (additional source)
Axinella minuta Lévi, 1957 (additional source)
Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794) (additional source)
Bubaris carcisis Vacelet, 1969 (additional source)
Bubaris subtyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Calthropella inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 represented as Calthropella (Calthropella) inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) (additional source)
Caminus vulcani Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Ceratopsion minor Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 (additional source)
Cinachyra tarentina Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Cinachyrella tarentina (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) (original description)
Clathria coralloides (Scopoli, 1772) represented as Clathria (Clathria) coralloides (Scopoli, 1772) (additional source)
Clathria marissuperi Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 represented as Clathria (Clathria) marissuperi Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Clathria plurityla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 represented as Clathria (Clathria) plurityla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Clathria toxistyla (Sarà, 1959) represented as Clathria (Clathria) toxistyla (Sarà, 1959) (additional source)
Clathria toxivaria (Sarà, 1959) represented as Clathria (Clathria) toxivaria (Sarà, 1959) (additional source)
Cliona celata Grant, 1826 (additional source)
Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Cliona thoosina Topsent, 1888 (original description)
Cliona labyrinthica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Siphonodictyon labyrinthicum (Hancock, 1849) (additional source)
Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981 (additional source)
Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) (additional source)
Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (additional source)
Cliona vermifera Hancock, 1867 (additional source)
Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) (additional source)
Corticium bowerbanki Sarà, 1960 accepted as Plakina bowerbanki (Sarà, 1960) (additional source)
Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Corticium reductum Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Plakina reducta (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) (original description)
Corticium topsenti Pouliquen, 1972 accepted as Plakina topsenti (Pouliquen, 1972) (additional source)
Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Crella elegans (Schmidt, 1862) represented as Crella (Crella) elegans (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Crella pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868) represented as Crella (Grayella) pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Damiriella cavernosa (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx) cavernosa (Topsent, 1892) (additional source)
Dendrectilla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Dendrectilla tremitensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Dercitus plicatus (Schmidt, 1868) represented as Dercitus (Stoeba) plicatus (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Desmacella inornata (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889) (additional source)
Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880) (additional source)
Dictyonella marsillii (Topsent, 1893) (additional source)
Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Dictyonella pelligera (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Didiscus styliferus Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Didiscus stylifer Tsurnamal, 1969 (additional source)
Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Diplastrella ornata Rützler & Sarà, 1962 (additional source)
Dragmatella aberrans (Topsent, 1890) (additional source)
Endectyon delaubenfelsi Burton, 1930 represented as Endectyon (Endectyon) delaubenfelsi Burton, 1930 (additional source)
Erylus corsicus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Erylus euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Penares euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Erylus papulifer Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Eurypon major Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 (additional source)
Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Eurypon pulitzeri Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2018 (original description)
Gelliodes fibulata sensu (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) (basis of record)
Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) (additional source)
Halichondria aurantiaca (Schmidt, 1864) represented as Axinyssa aurantiaca (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961) (additional source)
Haliclona elegans (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) (additional source)
Halicnemia patera Bowerbank, 1864 (additional source)
Hamacantha falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) represented as Hamacantha (Vomerula) falcula (Bowerbank, 1874) (additional source)
Hamacantha implicans Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885 (additional source)
Hamacantha johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) represented as Hamacantha (Hamacantha) johnsoni (Bowerbank, 1864) (additional source)
Hamigera hamigera (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874) (additional source)
Holoxea furtiva Topsent, 1892 (additional source)
Hymedesmia pansa Bowerbank, 1882 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) pansa Bowerbank, 1882 (additional source)
Hymedesmia peachii Bowerbank, 1882 represented as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882 (additional source)
Hymetrichita rectirhaphis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Isops intuta (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Caminella intuta (Topsent, 1892) (additional source)
Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Laminospongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (original description)
Latrunculia tarentina Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 accepted as Negombata corticata (Carter, 1879) (original description)
Laxosuberites rugosus (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Hymeniacidon rugosa (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Melonanchora emphysema (Schmidt, 1875) (additional source)
Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908 (additional source)
Microciona armata Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862) (additional source)
Microciona strepsitoxa Hope, 1889 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889) (additional source)
Microciona toxitenuis (Topsent, 1925) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) toxitenuis Topsent, 1925 (additional source)
Monocrepidium vermiculatum Topsent, 1898 (additional source)
Mycale contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) represented as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (additional source)
Mycale lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)

Adriatic Sea for Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) 
Adriatic Sea for Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 
Adriatic Sea for Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864) 
Adriatic Sea for Anchinoe tenacior Topsent, 1925 
Adriatic Sea for Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) 
Adriatic Sea for Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) 
Adriatic Sea for Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) 
Adriatic Sea for Caminus vulcani Schmidt, 1862 
Adriatic Sea for Clathria marissuperi Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Clathria toxivaria (Sarà, 1959) 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona celata Grant, 1826 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona rhodensis Rützler & Bromley, 1981 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) 
Adriatic Sea for Corticium bowerbanki Sarà, 1960 
Adriatic Sea for Corticium bowerbanki Sarà, 1960 
Adriatic Sea for Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862 
Adriatic Sea for Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Damiriella cavernosa (Topsent, 1892) 
Adriatic Sea for Dendrectilla tremitensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Dercitus plicatus (Schmidt, 1868) 
Adriatic Sea for Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880) 
Adriatic Sea for Dictyonella pelligera (Schmidt, 1864) 
Adriatic Sea for Dictyonella pelligera (Schmidt, 1864) 
Adriatic Sea for Diplastrella ornata Rützler & Sarà, 1962 
Adriatic Sea for Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Erylus euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) 
Adriatic Sea for Eurypon major Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 
Adriatic Sea for Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 
Adriatic Sea for Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Adriatic Sea for Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) 
Adriatic Sea for Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) 
Adriatic Sea for Haliclona subtilis Griessinger, 1971 
Adriatic Sea for Hamigera hamigera (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Holoxea furtiva Topsent, 1892 
Adriatic Sea for Hymedesmia peachii Bowerbank, 1882 
Adriatic Sea for Isops intuta (Topsent, 1892) 
Adriatic Sea for Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Laxosuberites rugosus (Schmidt, 1868) 
Adriatic Sea for Lissodendoryx isodictyalis (Carter, 1882)  (inaccurate)
Adriatic Sea for Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908 
Adriatic Sea for Mycale massa (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) 
Adriatic Sea for Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) 
Adriatic Sea for Orina angulata (Bowerbank, 1866) 
Adriatic Sea for Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 
Adriatic Sea for Pachypellina parietalis (Topsent, 1893) 
Adriatic Sea for Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
Adriatic Sea for Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) 
Adriatic Sea for Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) 
Adriatic Sea for Placospongia decorticans (Hanitsch, 1895) 
Adriatic Sea for Plakina monolopha Schulze, 1880 
Adriatic Sea for Plakina trilopha Schulze, 1880 
Adriatic Sea for Plakortis simplex Schulze, 1880 
Adriatic Sea for Prosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815)  (inaccurate)
Adriatic Sea for Pseudosuberites hyalinus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)  (inaccurate)
Adriatic Sea for Pseudosuberites sulphureus (Bowerbank, 1866) 
Adriatic Sea for Raspaciona aculeata (Johnston, 1842) 
Adriatic Sea for Raspaciona aculeata (Johnston, 1842) 
Adriatic Sea for Reniera cratera Schmidt, 1862 
Adriatic Sea for Reniera mucosa Griessinger, 1971 
Adriatic Sea for Reniera sarai Pulitzer-Finali, 1969 
Adriatic Sea for Rhabderemia minutula (Carter, 1880)  (inaccurate)
Adriatic Sea for Rhaphisia spelaea Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Samus anonymus Gray, 1867 
Adriatic Sea for Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 
Adriatic Sea for Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 
Adriatic Sea for Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 
Adriatic Sea for Spongosorites flavens Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Spongosorites flavens Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Spongosorites intricatus (Topsent, 1892) 
Adriatic Sea for Stelletta hispida (Bucchich, 1886) 
Adriatic Sea for Tedania anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) 
Adriatic Sea for Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864  (inaccurate)
Adriatic Sea for Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) 
Adriatic Sea for Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) 
Adriatic Sea for Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965 
Adriatic Sea for Timea bifidostellata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Adriatic Sea for Timea stellata (Bowerbank, 1866) 
Adriatic Sea for Timea unistellata (Topsent, 1892) 
Aegean Sea for Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864) 
Aegean Sea for Anchinoe tenacior Topsent, 1925 
Aegean Sea for Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 
Aegean Sea for Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 
Aegean Sea for Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) 
Aegean Sea for Diplastrella ornata Rützler & Sarà, 1962 
Aegean Sea for Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) 
Aegean Sea for Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Aegean Sea for Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908 
Aegean Sea for Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) 
Aegean Sea for Reniera cratera Schmidt, 1862 
Aegean Sea for Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 
Ionian Sea for Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) 
Ionian Sea for Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 
Ionian sea for Acarnus polytylus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 

Holotype MSNG 47151, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Corticium reductum Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47152, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Stelletta dichoclada Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47153, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Stelletta defensa Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47155, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Erylus papulifer Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47157, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Erylus corsicus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47158, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Calthropella inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47160, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Sphinctrella verrucolosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47161, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Poecillastra rudiastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47162, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Cinachyra tarentina Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Paratype MSNG 47163, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Cinachyra tarentina Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47164, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polymastia sola Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47165, geounit Aegean Sea, identified as Cliona cretensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47166, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Timea simplistellata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47167, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Timea bifidostellata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47168, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Ceratopsion minor Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47169, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Bubaris subtyla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47170, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Rhabdobaris implicata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47171, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47172, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Rhaphisia spelaea Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Paratype MSNG 47173, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Rhaphisia spelaea Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47174, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Spongosorites flavens Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47175, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Laminospongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47176, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Ulosa tenellula Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47177, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Ulosa tubulata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47178, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Hymetrichita rectirhaphis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47179, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Clathria marissuperi Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47180, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Clathria plurityla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47181, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Acarnus polytylus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47182, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Adocia cribrata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype MSNG 47184, geounit Adriatic Sea, identified as Dendrectilla tremitensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Holotype P.C. 89, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Latrunculia tarentina Pulitzer-Finali, 1983

 Classification

 for Hymetrichita Topsent, 1928

The genus was ignored in the Systema Porifera (Van Soest, 2002: Hymedesmiidae chapter), and subsequently referred ... [details]