World Porifera Database - Species - Axinella distorta (Bowerbank, 1866)

Porifera name details

Axinella distorta (Bowerbank, 1866)

AphiaID

236180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236180)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)

Rank

Species

Parent

Axinella Schmidt, 1862

Original name

Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866

Environment

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

Original description

(of Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 240-241 [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. Axinella distorta (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=236180 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-04 07:40:16Z

created

de Haas, Henk

2007-01-13 15:19:27Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 240-241 [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 6: 125-129.
page(s): 126 [details]

new combination reference Arndt, W. (1935). Porifera. In: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Leipzig. 3a(27): 1-140. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)