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

Axinellida Lévi, 1953

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

Axinellidae Carter, 1875 taxonomically included in
Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905 taxonomically included in
Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833 taxonomically included in
Stelligeridae Lendenfeld, 1898 taxonomically included in

Children

Axinellidae Carter, 1875
Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833
Stelligeridae Lendenfeld, 1898

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: 中軸海綿目

Literature

original description

Lévi, C. (1953). Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 236 (8): 853-855.

basis of record

Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.

redescription

Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 174-190.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Axinellida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163084

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2015-04-22 by Rob W.M. van Soest

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