World Porifera Database - Species - Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887

Porifera name details

Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887

Axinella dissimilis

AphiaID

184632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184632)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Axinella Schmidt, 1862

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Axinellidae Carter, 1875

Original name

Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887

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Species Chalinissa communis Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Chalinissa elegans Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa elongata Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa macropora Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa ramosa Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa rigida Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa serpens Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Chalinissa tenuifibris Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena. 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 771 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184632 on 2026-02-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-13 10:12:28Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2023-02-15 16:16:55Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887). Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena. 2: 723-828, pls XVIII-XXVII.
page(s): 771 [details]

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. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_80 [details]

basis of record Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). 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. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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subsequent type designation Burton, M. (1927). A Revision of the Genera and Species contained in Lendenfeld's ‘Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes'-II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (20): 502-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655479
page(s): 502 [details]

From editor or global species database

Axinella dissimilis

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Alcyonium glomeratum, Axinella dissimilis and Holothuria forskali

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Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)

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Axinella dissimilis

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Original Plate of Bowerbank's (1874) Isodictya dissimilis

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