Robertsonidra porifera is recorded from the southwest Pacific and the Barrier Reef, Australia.
Original description: Schizoporella porifera Maplestone, 1909.
Locality: Gilbert Islands.
Type specimen: NMV F45712
Description from Ryland & Hayward, 1992 (As Robertsonidra novella).
Description from Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001 (As Robertsonidra novella).
Description from Tilbrook, 2006. (PDF file)