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Axinella Schmidt, 1862 
AphiaID: 131774

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family)
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Axinellidae Carter, 1875
Synonymised
taxa
  Axidragma Hallmann, 1917 (junior synonym)
Axinosia Hallmann, 1914 (junior synonym)
Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887 (junior synonym)
Pseudaxinella Schmidt, 1875 (junior synonym)
Querciclona de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Teichaxinella de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Tragosia Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. & Stone, S. M. 1992. O. Schmidt sponge catalogue. An illustrated guide to the Graz Museum Collection, with notes on additional material. Museum d'Histoire naturelle Geneva. pp 190 & XLIX pls [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1875. Spongien. Pp. 115-120, pl. I. In: Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel, Volume 2-3. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dendy, A. 1922a. Note on the Genus Tragosia, Gray. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 9(50): 169-174. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld’s ‘Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum’. Part I, II, III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 263-315, 327-376, 398-446, pls XV-XXIV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1887c. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes.Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hallmann, E.F. 1917b [1916]. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41(164): 634-675, pls XXIX,figs 3, 5, 6; XXXIII, fig. 6; XXXVIII, figs 5-9 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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 Species Axinella acanthelloides Pattanayak, 2006
Species Axinella alba (Descatoire, 1966)
Species Axinella amorpha Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
Species Axinella anamesa (de Laubenfels, 1957)
Species Axinella antarctica (Koltun, 1964)
Species Axinella arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Axinella arctica (Vosmaer, 1885)
Species Axinella aruensis (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Axinella australiensis Bergquist, 1970
Species Axinella babici Vacelet, 1961
Species Axinella bidderi Burton, 1959
Species Axinella blanca Koltun, 1959
Species Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970
Species Axinella bubarinoides Dendy, 1922
Species Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
Species Axinella centrotylota Pansini, 1984
Species Axinella cinnamomea (Nardo, 1833)
Species Axinella clathrata Dendy, 1897
Species Axinella columna Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
Species Axinella convexa Hoshino, 1981
Species Axinella copiosa Thiele, 1898
Species Axinella cornua Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
Species Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919)
Species Axinella crassa (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella crinita Thiele, 1905
Species Axinella cylindratus Hoshino, 1981
Species Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Species Axinella digitiformis Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Species Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Axinella dragmaxioides Burton, 1959
Species Axinella egregia sensu Topsent, 1892
Species Axinella elegans (Dendy, 1924)
Species Axinella estacioi Carballo & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
Species Axinella flabelloreticulata Burton, 1959
Species Axinella flustra (Topsent, 1892)
Species Axinella globula Brøndsted, 1924
Species Axinella guiteli Topsent, 1896
Species Axinella halichondrioides Dendy, 1905
Species Axinella hirondellei (Topsent, 1890)
Species Axinella hispida Koltun, 1959
Species Axinella incrustans Thiele, 1898
Species Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Species Axinella kirki Dendy, 1897
Species Axinella labyrinthica Dendy, 1889
Species Axinella lamellata (Dendy, 1905)
Species Axinella lesueuri Topsent, 1932
Species Axinella lifouensis Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Axinella loribellae Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
Species Axinella macrostyla Babic, 1922
Species Axinella mahonensis Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
Species Axinella manus Dendy, 1905
Species Axinella massalis Burton, 1959
Species Axinella meandroides Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
Species Axinella meloniformis Carter, 1885
Species Axinella minor Thomas, 1981
Species Axinella minuta Lévi, 1957
Species Axinella natalensis (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Species Axinella parva Picton & Goodwin, 2007
Species Axinella perlucida Topsent, 1896
Species Axinella pilifera Carter, 1885
Species Axinella plumosa (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
Species Axinella polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953
Species Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862
Species Axinella pomponiae Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
Species Axinella profunda Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Axinella proliferans Ridley, 1884
Species Axinella pseudominuta Bibiloni, 1993
Species Axinella pumila Babic, 1922
Species Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916
Species Axinella quercifolia (Keller, 1889)
Species Axinella retepora (Lendenfeld, 1887)
Species Axinella richardsoni Bergquist, 1970
Species Axinella rosacea Verrill, 1907
Species Axinella rugosa (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Axinella salicina Schmidt, 1868
Species Axinella setosa Hentschel, 1929
Species Axinella shoemakeri (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Species Axinella sinoxea Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
Species Axinella solenoeides de Laubenfels, 1957
Species Axinella symbiotica Whitelegge, 1907
Species Axinella tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905
Species Axinella tenuis Thiele, 1898
Species Axinella torquata Brøndsted, 1924
Species Axinella trichophora Hentschel, 1929
Species Axinella vaceleti Pansini, 1984
Species Axinella vasonuda Topsent, 1904
Species Axinella vellerea Topsent, 1904
Species Axinella ventilabrum Burton, 1959
Species Axinella vermiculata Whitelegge, 1907
Species Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)
Species Axinella villosa Carter, 1885
Species Axinella waltonsmithi (de Laubenfels, 1953)
Species Axinella weltnerii (Lendenfeld, 1897)

Species Axinella inflata Lendenfeld, 1888 (species inquirenda)
Species Axinella obtusa Lendenfeld, 1888 (species inquirenda)

Species Axinella acanthifera George & Wilson, 1919 accepted as Raspailia acanthifera (George & Wilson, 1919)
Species Axinella acerata Carter, 1885 accepted as Raspailia (Parasyringella) stelliderma (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella agariciformis (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Dragmacidon agariciforme (Dendy, 1905)
Species Axinella agnata Topsent, 1896 accepted as Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata (Topsent, 1896)
Species Axinella appressa Verrill, 1907 accepted as Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Axinella atropurpurea Carter, 1885 accepted as Raspailia (Raspailia) atropurpurea (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella aurantiaca Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ceratopsion aurantiacum (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Axinella axifera Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Ceratopsion axiferum (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Axinella balfourensis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Homaxinella balfourensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella barleei (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960 accepted as Axinella polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953
Species Axinella calyciformis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Axinella arctica (Vosmaer, 1885)
Species Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)
Species Axinella chalinoides Carter, 1885 accepted as Echinoclathria chalinoides (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella cladoflagellata Carter, 1886 accepted as Echinoclathria chalinoides (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella clava Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Rhizaxinella clava (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Axinella coccinea Carter, 1886 accepted as Iotrochota coccinea (Carter, 1886)
Species Axinella colvillii Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Ciocalypta tyleri Bowerbank, 1873
Species Axinella conulosa (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Stylissa conulosa (Dendy, 1922)
Species Axinella cristagalli Maas, 1894 accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1818)
Species Axinella distorta (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Axinella echidnaea sensu Ridley, 1884 accepted as Reniochalina stalagmitis Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Axinella egregia (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Dragmacidon egregium (Ridley, 1881)
Species Axinella euctimena (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Phakettia euctimena (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Axinella fibrosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Dragmacidon fibrosum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella flabellata Carter, 1885 accepted as Sigmaxinella flabellata (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833) accepted as Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
Species Axinella frondula Whitelegge, 1907 accepted as Raspailia (Raspaxilla) frondula (Whitelegge, 1907)
Species Axinella glabrata Burton, 1954 accepted as Hymeniacidon glabrata Burton, 1954
Species Axinella gracilis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Raspailia (Raspailia) gracilis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Axinella hispida (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Raspailia (Clathriodendron) hispida (Montagu, 1818)
Species Axinella lamellata Bergquist, 1961 accepted as Cymbastela tricalyciformis (Bergquist, 1970)
Species Axinella lunaecharta Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Dragmacidon lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella mammillata Hanitsch, 1890 accepted as Polymastia spinula Bowerbank, 1866
Species Axinella mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Raspailia (Raspaxilla) mariana (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella massa Carter, 1887 accepted as Stylissa massa (Carter, 1887)
Species Axinella mastophora Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Axinella mexicana de Laubenfels, 1935 accepted as Dragmacidon mexicanum (de Laubenfels, 1935)
Species Axinella microdragma (Lendenfeld, 1897) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Species Axinella monticularis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Aulospongus monticularis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella multiformis (Vosmaer, 1885) accepted as Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885
Species Axinella nanaspiculata Hartman, 1955 accepted as Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Axinella oculata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Pallas, 1766)
Species Axinella padina Topsent, 1896 accepted as Axinella flustra (Topsent, 1892)
Species Axinella paradoxa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Axinyssa paradoxa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella pedunculata Topsent, 1896 accepted as Auletta pedunculata (Topsent, 1896)
Species Axinella phrix (de Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Phakettia phrix (De Laubenfels, 1954)
Species Axinella pocillum (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Species Axinella pumila Keller, 1889 accepted as Higginsia pumila (Keller, 1889)
Species Axinella ramosa Burton, 1954 accepted as Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Axinella reticulata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella rudis Verrill, 1907 accepted as Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Axinella rugosa Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Ceratopsion rugosum (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Axinella sanguinea Burton, 1933 accepted as Dragmacidon sanguineum (Burton, 1933)
Species Axinella setacea Carter, 1885 accepted as Raspailia (Raspailia) pinnatifida (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella sinclairi (Gray, 1843) accepted as Pararhaphoxya sinclairi (Gray, 1847)
Species Axinella solida Carter, 1885 accepted as Rhaphoxya solida (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella stelliderma Carter, 1885 accepted as Raspailia (Parasyringella) stelliderma (Carter, 1885)
Species Axinella subdola (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Homaxinella subdola (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Axinella supratumescens Topsent, 1907 accepted as Homaxinella balfourensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella tenella Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Raspailia (Raspailia) tenella (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Axinella thielei (Topsent, 1898) accepted as Higginsia thielei Topsent, 1898
Species Axinella tricalyciformis Bergquist, 1970 accepted as Cymbastela tricalyciformis (Bergquist, 1970)
Species Axinella tuberosa Topsent, 1928 accepted as Dragmacidon tuberosum (Topsent, 1928)
Species Axinella tubulosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Auletta tubulosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Axinella variabilis (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Species Axinella verrucosa Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970
Species Axinella virgultosa Carter, 1887 accepted as Phakettia virgultosa (Carter, 1887)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Chapani Island [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Mahe Island [details]
Mambone Islands [details]
Paradise Islands [details]
Quirimba Archipelago [details]
Red Sea [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Zanzibar [details]
Links To Sponge Barcoding Database (Axinella sp. 817)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Axinella sp. 955)
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Images 
Axinella polypoides
[image from typetaxon]
Axinella polypoides
added on 2008-02-04 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2008-02-04 14:30:58

Original Plate of Schmidt's (1862) Axinella polypoides
[image from typetaxon]
Original Plate of Schmidt's (1862) Axinella polypoides
added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 20:02:50
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131774
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
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2007-08-10 14:08:54Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinella Schmidt, 1862. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131774 on 2013-05-24
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