1. Species Axinella arctica (Vosmaer, 1885)
2. Species Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970
3. Species Axinella cinnamomea (Nardo, 1833)
4. Species Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
5. Species Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
6. Species Axinella egregia sensu Topsent, 1892
7. Species Axinella flustra Topsent, 1892
8. Species Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
9. Species Axinella parva Picton & Goodwin, 2007
10. Species Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916
11. Species Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)
12. Species Axinella agnata Topsent, 1896 accepted as Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata (Topsent, 1896) (genus transfer)
13. Species Axinella egregia (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Dragmacidon egregium (Ridley, 1881) (genus transfer)
14. Species Axinella mammillata Hanitsch, 1890 accepted as Polymastia spinula Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
15. Species Axinella microdragma (Lendenfeld, 1897) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (junior synonym)
16. Species Axinella multiformis (Vosmaer, 1885) accepted as Acanthella multiformis Vosmaer, 1885 (reverted genus transfer)
17. Species Axinella pocillum (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) (junior synonym)
18. Species Axinella rugosa (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Phakellia rugosa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
19. Species Axinella thielei (Topsent, 1898) accepted as Higginsia thielei Topsent, 1898 (genus transfer)
20. Species Axinella verrucosa Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970 (preoccupied)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

feminine

Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 62-63 [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Axinella Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131774 on 2025-11-13

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Axinella Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131774 on 2025-11-13

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