WoRMS taxon details
Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916
132490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132490)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 17: 232-242.
page(s): 241 [details]
Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
page(s): 241 [details]
Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
Holotype NMI W.141.15.1916, geounit Celtic Seas
Holotype NMI W.141.15.1916, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132490 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Stephens, J. (1916). Preliminary Notice of some Irish Sponges. The Monaxonellida (Suborder Sigmatomonaxonellida) obtained by the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 17: 232-242.
page(s): 241 [details]
original description Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
page(s): 241 [details]
original description Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Picton, B.E.; Goodwin, C.E. (2007). Sponge biodiversity of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 87 (6): 1441-1458.
page(s): 1454 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1454 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cabioch, L. (1973). Additions à l'inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff (n.s.).</em> 20 (31): 5-6.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors
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biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cabioch, L. (1973). Additions à l'inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff (n.s.).</em> 20 (31): 5-6.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors
biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype NMI W.141.15.1916, geounit Celtic Seas [details]