title: Xestospongia
text: # Xestospongia
  
  Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species:
  
  * Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001
  * Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991
  * Xestospongia bocatorensis Díaz, Thacker, Rützler & Piantoni, 2007
  * Xestospongia caminata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
  * Xestospongia clavata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  * Xestospongia coralloides (Dendy, 1924)
  * Xestospongia delaubenfelsi Riveros, 1951
  * Xestospongia deweerdtae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
  * Xestospongia diprosopia (de Laubenfels, 1930)
  * Xestospongia dubia (Ristau, 1978)
  * Xestospongia emphasis (de Laubenfels, 1954)
  * Xestospongia friabilis (Topsent, 1892)
  * Xestospongia grayi (Hechtel, 1983)
  * Xestospongia hispida (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
  * Xestospongia informis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  * Xestospongia kapne Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016
  * Xestospongia madida (de Laubenfels, 1954)
  * Xestospongia mammillata Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
  * Xestospongia menzeli (Little, 1963)
  * Xestospongia muta (Schmidt, 1870)
  * Xestospongia novaezealandiae Bergquist & Warne, 1980
  * Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
  * Xestospongia plana (Topsent, 1892)
  * Xestospongia portoricensis van Soest, 1980
  * Xestospongia purpurea Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
  * Xestospongia rampa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
  * Xestospongia ridleyi (Keller, 1891)
  * Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815)
  * Xestospongia topsenti Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  * Xestospongia tuberosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
  * Xestospongia vansoesti Bakus & Nishiyama, 2000
  * Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884)
  * Xestospongia viridenigra (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976)
  * Xestospongia wiedenmayeri van Soest, 1980
  