Claim: Spongia (Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae that has more than 60 species which are endemic to Lake Ohrid in Albania and New Zealand.
Evidence: Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Spongia officinalis, better known as a variety of bath sponge, is a commercially used sea sponge.