Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Halichondrida > Family Axinellidae > Genus Axinella

Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AxinellaSchmidt, 1862accepted genus name
Pseudaxinella Schmidt, 1875 synonym
Tragosia Gray, 1867 synonym

Species group names

Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 basionym
Spongia lactuca Esper, 1794 basionym
Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 synonym
Spongia lactuca Esper, 1794 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 French: axinelle plate
 Spanish, Castillian: esponja de cuernos de gamo

Literature

original description

Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303.

basis of record

Pansini, M. 1984 (1982-1983). Notes on some Mediterranean Axinella with description of two new species. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici della (R.) Università di Genova 50-51: 79-98.

additional source

Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219.

additional source

Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1995). Axinella estacioi n.sp. (Porifera, Axinellida) from caves of the Strait of Gibraltar (southern Iberian Peninsula). Cah. Biol. Mar. 36(4): 245-250

additional source

Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.

additional source

Boury-Esnault, N. 1970. Un phénomène de bourgeonnement externe chez l'éponge Axinella damicornis (Esper). Cahiers de Biologie marine, 11: 491-496

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: pp. 85-103

new combination reference

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

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (11 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132472

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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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Last modified

2007-01-17 by Rob van Soest

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