The peninsular and insular coastlines of the Indian subcontinent provide a veritable habitat for a large number of sponges: The 6090 km coastline (CMFRI, 1978) provides varied topographic conditions for the survival and reproduction of the sponge species. A review of literature indicates paucity of taxonomic information of the sponges of the Indian coastline. ...Most of the studies done on the marine sponges of India are from the Southern India, Lakshadweep ...
