Axinella

Axinella
Axinella damicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Axinellida
Family: Axinellidae
Genus: Axinella
Schmidt, 1862[1]
Species

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Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae. Species of Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.

List of species

  • Axinella agnata Topsent, 1896
  • Axinella agregia (Ridley, 1881)
  • Axinella arctica Vosmaer, 1885
  • Axinella blanca
  • Axinella bookhouti
  • Axinella damicornis
  • Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
  • Axinella flustra
  • Axinella hispida
  • Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Axinella mammillata (Hanitsch, 1890)
  • Axinella microdragma (Lendenfeld, 1897)
  • Axinella multiformis (Vosmaer, 1885)
  • Axinella pocillum (Bowerbank, 1866)
  • Axinella polycapella
  • Axinella polypoides
  • Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916
  • Axinella rugosa
  • Axinella thielei (Topsent, 1898)
  • Axinella ventilabrum
  • Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)

References

  1. "Axinella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.


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