The Sponge Guide: Search Family = Tetillidae

Class	Order	Family	Genus species	Images	Notes	Author	Char
Demospongiae	Spirophorida	Tetillidae	Cinachyrella apion	4	Spherical sponges living on lagoon sediments, relatively small (those seen were max 3-4 cm in diameter), heavily fouled by algae and covered by silt, which hide the internal yellow colors. A few round apertures (oscule or pore fields) irregularly scattered. It is distinguished from the other Cinachyrella species by having rhaphide spicules (thin hair-like).	(Uliczka, 1929)	yellow,spherical,tough
Demospongiae	Spirophorida	Tetillidae	Cinachyrella kuekenthali	8	Previously placed under Cinachyra. Orange-yellow spheres with fouled surface. Surface hispid with erect spicules which may stick into diver's fingers and gloves. Circular depresions are pore areas. Small individuals have a top oscule and equatorially placed pore areas. Larger specimens have oscules grouped in an upper depression and pore areas more randomly scattered throughout the surface. Cinachyrella alloclada (Uliczka, 1929) is another common species of this genus, but we were unable to find it or perhaps to distinguish it within our material. C. kuekenthali is distinguished mainly by having a category of small, crenulated oxea spicules.	(Uliczka, 1929)	yellow,orange-yellow,cream,spherical,tough,soft