WoRMS taxon details
Axinella vermiculata Whitelegge, 1907
165521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165521)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1907.1506
page(s): 510-511 [details]
page(s): 510-511 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Howe
type locality contained in Cape Howe [details]
Distribution The Arctic, North Atlantic and Mediterranean records concern Bubaris vermiculata Bowerbank.
Distribution The Arctic, North Atlantic and Mediterranean records concern Bubaris vermiculata Bowerbank. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Axinella vermiculata Whitelegge, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165521 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitelegge, T. (1907). Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. <i>In</i>: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4(10): 487-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.4.1907.1506
page(s): 510-511 [details]
page(s): 510-511 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution The Arctic, North Atlantic and Mediterranean records concern Bubaris vermiculata Bowerbank. [details]
