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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
        Haplosclerina
          Callyspongiidae
          Chalinidae
            Rhaphisia
            Reniera
            Adocia
            Chalina
            Chalinula
            Cladocroce
            Dendroxea
            Haliclona
              Haliclona (Gellius)
              Haliclona accomodata
              Haliclona alba
              Haliclona albapontica
              Haliclona aperta
              Haliclona arctica
              Haliclona arctica
              Haliclona arenata
              Haliclona bulbifera
              Haliclona calamus
              Haliclona calyx
              Haliclona clavata
              Haliclona cribrata
              Haliclona cribrosa
              Haliclona cylindrigera
              Haliclona digitata
              Haliclona flavescens
              Haliclona folium
              Haliclona gracilis
              Haliclona griessingeri
              Haliclona grimmi
              Haliclona groenlandica
              Haliclona grossa
              Haliclona hirsuta
              Haliclona implexa
              Haliclona indistincta
              Haliclona inflata
              Haliclona loosanoffi
              Haliclona mamillata
              Haliclona mediterranea
              Haliclona membranacea
              Haliclona merejkowskii
              Haliclona mollicula
              Haliclona mollis
              Haliclona mollis
              Haliclona mucosa
              Haliclona neens
              Haliclona nigricans
              Haliclona omissa
              Haliclona palmata
              Haliclona palmonensis
              Haliclona papillifera
              Haliclona parenchyma
              Haliclona pocilliformis
              Haliclona poecillastroides
              Haliclona pons
              Haliclona protochalina
              Haliclona pulcherrima
              Haliclona pulchra
              Haliclona rosea
              Haliclona rossica
              Haliclona sarai
              Haliclona schmidti
              Haliclona semitubulosa
              Haliclona simplex
              Haliclona solowetzkaja
              Haliclona spatula
              Haliclona spitzbergensis
              Haliclona steueri
              Haliclona stirpescens
              Haliclona tenera
              Haliclona transitans
              Haliclona utriculus
              Haliclona valliculata
              Haliclona varia
              Haliclona varia
              Haliclona vega
              Haliclona ventilabrum
              Haliclona viridis
              Haliclona viscosa
              Haliclona voeringi
              Haliclona columbae
              Haliclona hyalina
              Haliclona parasitica
              Haliclona pyrrhi
              Haliclona rectangularis
              Haliclona tromsoica
              Haliclona elegans
              Haliclona canaliculata
              Haliclona permollis
              Haliclona agglutinata
              Haliclona algicola
              Haliclona altera
              Haliclona ambrosia
              Haliclona amphioxa
              Haliclona anceps
              Haliclona anonyma
              Haliclona arenosa
              Haliclona armata
              Haliclona atra
              Haliclona auletta
              Haliclona australis
              Haliclona baeri
              Haliclona bawiana
              Haliclona bifacialis
              Haliclona bilamellata
              Haliclona bombensis
              Haliclona broendstedi
              Haliclona bucina
              Haliclona camerata
              Haliclona caminata
              Haliclona cancellata
              Haliclona carteri
              Haliclona catarinensis
              Haliclona cavernosa
              Haliclona cerebrum
              Haliclona chilensis
              Haliclona cioniformis
              Haliclona clara
              Haliclona coerulescens
              Haliclona conica
              Haliclona corticata
              Haliclona cribriformis
              Haliclona cylindrica
              Haliclona daepoensis
              Haliclona dancoi
              Haliclona debilis
              Haliclona decidua
              Haliclona delicata
              Haliclona delicatula
              Haliclona dendrilla
              Haliclona densa
              Haliclona densaspicula
              Haliclona depressa
              Haliclona divulgata
              Haliclona domingoi
              Haliclona ecbasis
              Haliclona elegantia
              Haliclona ellipsis
              Haliclona emphasis
              Haliclona enamela
              Haliclona enormismacula
              Haliclona eterospiculata
              Haliclona ferula
              Haliclona fibulifera
              Haliclona finitima
              Haliclona flabellodigitata
              Haliclona flaccida
              Haliclona foliacea
              Haliclona frondosa
              Haliclona fryetti
              Haliclona gemina
              Haliclona globosa
              Haliclona hebes
              Haliclona hornelli
              Haliclona hydroida
              Haliclona ignobilis
              Haliclona incrustans
              Haliclona inepta
              Haliclona informis
              Haliclona infundibuliformis
              Haliclona innominata
              Haliclona jorii
              Haliclona kaikoura
              Haliclona korema
              Haliclona koremella
              Haliclona latens
              Haliclona lentus
              Haliclona liber
              Haliclona lilaceus
              Haliclona lobosa
              Haliclona lutea
              Haliclona macropora
              Haliclona macrorhaphis
              Haliclona madagascarensis
              Haliclona madrepora
              Haliclona mammillaris
              Haliclona massalis
              Haliclona maxima
              Haliclona minima
              Haliclona muricata
              Haliclona nigra
              Haliclona nishimurai
              Haliclona nitens
              Haliclona nodosa
              Haliclona offerospicula
              Haliclona olivacea
              Haliclona onomichiensis
              Haliclona pacifica
              Haliclona parietalioides
              Haliclona penicillata
              Haliclona permollisimilis
              Haliclona petrosioides
              Haliclona pigmentifera
              Haliclona polychotoma
              Haliclona polypoides
              Haliclona porosa
              Haliclona problematica
              Haliclona proletaria
              Haliclona pulvinar
              Haliclona punctata
              Haliclona ramosa
              Haliclona ramusculoides
              Haliclona rapanui
              Haliclona reticulata
              Haliclona reversa
              Haliclona robustaspicula
              Haliclona rotographura
              Haliclona rubra
              Haliclona rugosa
              Haliclona sabulosa
              Haliclona saldanhae
              Haliclona sanguinea
              Haliclona sasajimensis
              Haliclona sataensis
              Haliclona scabritia
              Haliclona scotti
              Haliclona scyphonoides
              Haliclona semifibrosa
              Haliclona shimoebuensis
              Haliclona similis
              Haliclona simplicissima
              Haliclona siphonella
              Haliclona sordida
              Haliclona sorongae
              Haliclona sortitio
              Haliclona spinosella
              Haliclona spongiosissima
              Haliclona stelliderma
              Haliclona stephensi
              Haliclona stilensis
              Haliclona streble
              Haliclona striata
              Haliclona subcapitata
              Haliclona subglobosa
              Haliclona submonilifera
              Haliclona surrufa
              Haliclona swartschewskiji
              Haliclona tachibanaensis
              Haliclona teligera
              Haliclona tenacior
              Haliclona tenella
              Haliclona tenuiderma
              Haliclona tenuiramosa
              Haliclona tenuis
              Haliclona tenuispiculata
              Haliclona texta
              Haliclona translucida
              Haliclona tubulifera
              Haliclona tubulosa
              Haliclona tulearensis
              Haliclona turquoisia
              Haliclona tyria
              Haliclona ulreungia
              Haliclona uwaensis
              Haliclona variabilis
              Haliclona venustina
              Haliclona verrucosa
              Haliclona viola
              Haliclona violapurpura
              Haliclona virens
              Haliclona virgata
              Haliclona (Halichoclona)
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) fistulosa
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) parietalis
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) perlucida
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) albifragilis
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) fortior
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) gellindra
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) magna
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) magnifica
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) mokuoloea
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) perforata
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) stoneae
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) vansoesti
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) vanderlandi
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) caminata
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) cioniformis
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) conica
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) depressa
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) latens
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) centrangulata
                  Haliclona (Halichoclona) lernerae
              Haliclona (Haliclona)
              Haliclona (Reniera)
              Haliclona (Rhizoniera)
              Haliclona (Soestella)
              Haliclona aitsuensis
              Haliclona erina
              Haliclona fragilis
              Haliclona irregularis
              Haliclona flabelliformis
              Haliclona dubia
              Haliclona foraminosa
              Haliclona glacialis
              Haliclona laxa
              Haliclona pedunculata
              Haliclona fistulosa
              Haliclona topsenti
              Haliclona limbata
              Haliclona viola
              Haliclona digitata
              Haliclona varia
              Haliclona mollis
              Haliclona nodosa
              Haliclona spinosella
              Haliclona irregularis
              Haliclona cylindrica
              Haliclona punctata
              Haliclona digitata
              Haliclona bioxeata
              Haliclona ciocalyptoides
              Haliclona cratera
              Haliclona petrosioides
              Haliclona ramosamassa
              Haliclona spongiosa
              Haliclona subtilis
              Haliclona vermeuleni
              Haliclona xena
              Haliclona megasclera
              Haliclona megastoma
              Haliclona tenerrima
              Haliclona gellindra
              Haliclona magnifica
              Haliclona stoneae
              Haliclona vansoesti
              Haliclona epiphytica
              Haliclona hogarthi
              Haliclona manglaris
              Haliclona mucifibrosa
              Haliclona ruetzleri
              Haliclona strongylophora
              Haliclona lehnerti
              Haliclona luciensis
              Haliclona melana
              Haliclona smithae
              Haliclona twincayensis
              Haliclona podatypa
              Haliclona molitba
              Haliclona parasimulans
              Haliclona crassiloba
              Haliclona pseudomolitba
              Haliclona vanderlandi
              Haliclona diprosopia
              Haliclona perforata
              Haliclona vanilla
              Haliclona doria
              Haliclona longleyi
              Haliclona lunisimilis
              Haliclona variabilis
              Haliclona pellasarca
              Haliclona acoroides
              Haliclona isodictyalis
              Haliclona isodictyale
              Haliclona glabra
              Haliclona cinerea
              Haliclona oblonga
              Haliclona renieroides
              Haliclona calcinea
              Haliclona fragilis
              Haliclona chalinoides
              Haliclona coriacea
              Haliclona angulata
              Haliclona fulva
              Haliclona labyrinthica
              Haliclona abbreviata
              Haliclona retiderma
              Haliclona cribricutis
              Haliclona flava
              Haliclona fibulata
              Haliclona fistulosa
              Haliclona mcandrewii
              Haliclona oculata
              Haliclona simulans
              Haliclona clava
              Haliclona montagui
              Haliclona obscura
              Haliclona arcofera
              Haliclona excelsa
              Haliclona digitata
              Haliclona forcellata
              Haliclona typica
              Haliclona viscosa
              Haliclona zamboangae
              Haliclona foraminosa
              Haliclona digitata
              Haliclona ceratina
              Haliclona spiculotenuis
              Haliclona caerulea
              Haliclona piscaderaensis
              Haliclona curacaoensis
              Haliclona tubifera
              Haliclona implexiformis
              Haliclona aquaeductus
              Haliclona foraminosa
              Haliclona pontica
              Haliclona odessana
              Haliclona boutschinskii
              Haliclona urceolus
              Haliclona portroyalensis
              Haliclona coreana
              Haliclona lernerae
              Haliclona urizae
              Haliclona sonorensis
              Haliclona rava
              Haliclona heterofibrosa
              Haliclona palmata
              Haliclona brondstedi
              Haliclona clathrata
              Haliclona pedicelata
              Haliclona pulcherrima
              Haliclona ochracea
              Haliclona contignata
              Haliclona seychellensis
              Haliclona tabernacula
              Haliclona obtusispiculifera
              Haliclona expansa
              Haliclona tuberosa
              Haliclona ligulata
              Haliclona densa
              Haliclona elegans
              Haliclona gaussiana
              Haliclona hispida
              Haliclona pilosa
              Haliclona rudis
              Haliclona bidens
              Haliclona phakellioides
              Haliclona tylotoxa
              Haliclona folium
              Haliclona bulbifera
              Haliclona plana
              Haliclona lacazei
              Haliclona marismedi
              Haliclona variabilis
              Haliclona firma
              Haliclona curiosa
              Haliclona perlucida
              Haliclona binaria
              Haliclona elastica
              Haliclona rubens
              Haliclona (Amphimedon)
              Haliclona subtriangularis
              Haliclona spiculosa
              Haliclona viridis
              Haliclona monticulosa
              Haliclona velinea
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            Rhizoniera
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            Siphocalina
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            Sigmadocia
            Gellius
            Phylosiphonia
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            Chalinodendron
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            Euchalinopsis
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            Katiba
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