Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Halichondrida > 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 blanca Koltun, 1959
Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970
Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
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 hirondellei (Topsent, 1890)
Axinella hispida Koltun, 1959
Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)
Axinella macrostyla Babic, 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 rugosa (Bowerbank, 1866)
Axinella salicina Schmidt, 1868
Axinella setosa Hentschel, 1929
Axinella trichophora Hentschel, 1929
Axinella vasonuda Topsent, 1904
Axinella vellerea Topsent, 1904
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)

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. 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. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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. Museum d'Histoire naturelle Geneva. pp 190 & XLIX pls
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
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus

Genbank

External Links

Sponge Barcoding Database (Axinella sp. 817)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Axinella sp. 955)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Axinella Schmidt, 1862. 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:131774