Callyspongia cellaria Rao, 1941 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cellaria (Rao, 1941) (original description)
Callyspongia cellaria var. fusca Rao, 1941 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cellaria (Rao, 1941) (original description)
Callyspongia pambanensis Rao, 1941 (original description)
Haliclona oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) represented as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) (additional source)
Hircinia cactiformis Rao, 1941 accepted as Ircinia cactiformis (Rao, 1941) (original description)
Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941 accepted as Ircinia pellita (Rao, 1941) (original description)
Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, 1884 (additional source)
Laxosuberites cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Terpios cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) (additional source)
Mycale (Arenochalina) trincomaliensis Rao, 1941 accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906 (original description)
Mycale aegagropila (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) contarenii (Lieberkühn, 1859) (additional source)
Mycale indica (Carter, 1887) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) grandis Gray, 1867 (additional source)
Mycale trincomalensis Rao, 1941 accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) imperfecta Baer, 1906 (original description)
Oceanapia arenosa Rao, 1941 (original description)
Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806) (additional source)
Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (additional source)
Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 represented as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (additional source)
Spongia officinalis var. bibulus Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) bibulus Rao, 1941 (original description)
Spongia officinalis var. fenestrata Rao, 1941 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) raoi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (original description)
Stelletta bocki Rao, 1941 (original description)
Suberites cruciatus var. depressa Dendy, 1922 accepted as Terpios cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Taprobane herdmani Dendy, 1905 accepted as Microscleroderma herdmani (Dendy, 1905) (additional source)

Gulf of Mannar for Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941 
Indian Exclusive Economic Zone for Hircinia cactiformis Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Callyspongia cellaria Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Callyspongia cellaria var. fusca Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Callyspongia pambanensis Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Ircinia cactiformis (Rao, 1941) 
South India and Sri Lanka for Ircinia cactiformis (Rao, 1941) 
South India and Sri Lanka for Ircinia pellita (Rao, 1941) 
South India and Sri Lanka for Mycale indica (Carter, 1887) 
South India and Sri Lanka for Oceanapia arenosa Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Spongia officinalis var. bibulus Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Spongia officinalis var. fenestrata Rao, 1941 
South India and Sri Lanka for Stelletta bocki Rao, 1941 
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone for Laxosuberites cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) 
Trincomali for Mycale trincomalensis Rao, 1941 

Holotype SMNH 652, geounit Trincomali, identified as Hircinia pellita Rao, 1941
Holotype SMNH 656-F, geounit Trincomali, identified as Stelletta bocki Rao, 1941