Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Axinellida > Family Axinellidae

Axinella Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Pseudaxinella Schmidt, 1875 synonym
Tragosia Gray, 1867 synonym

Children

Axinella arctica (Vosmaer, 1885)
Axinella babici Vacelet, 1961
Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970
Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
Axinella centrotylota Pansini, 1984
Axinella cinnamomea (Nardo, 1833)
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Axinella egregia sensu Topsent, 1892
Axinella estacioi Carballo & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
Axinella flustra Topsent, 1892
Axinella guiteli Topsent, 1896
Axinella hispida Koltun, 1959
Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Axinella macrostyla Babiç, 1922
Axinella mahonensis Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
Axinella minuta Lévi, 1957
Axinella parva Picton & Goodwin, 2007
Axinella perlucida Topsent, 1896
Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862
Axinella pseudominuta Bibiloni, 1993
Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916
Axinella salicina Schmidt, 1868
Axinella setosa Hentschel, 1929
Axinella trichophora Hentschel, 1929
Axinella vasonuda Topsent, 1904
Axinella vellerea Topsent, 1904
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: チュウジクカイメン属

Literature

original description

Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.

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).

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).

additional source

Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.

additional source

Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Stone, S.M. (1992). O. Schmidt Sponge Catalogue. An illustrated guide to the Graz Museum Collection, with notes on additional material. Muséum d'Histoire naturelle: Geneva. 1-190, pls 1-49.

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

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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 Schmidt, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131774

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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