Axinella sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt .[2] [3] Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.
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Axinella
Axinella damicornis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Demospongiae
Order:
Axinellida
Family:
Axinellidae
Genus:
Axinella Schmidt , 1862[1]
Species
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Synonyms
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Axidragma Hallmann, 1917 Axinella (Homaxinella ) Topsent, 1916 Axinella (Stylissa ) Hallmann, 1914 Axinosia Hallmann, 1914 Chalinissa Lendenfeld, 1887 Pseudaxinella Schmidt, 1875 Querciclona Laubenfels, 1936 Teichaxinella Laubenfels, 1936 Tragosia Gray, 1867
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Axinella polypoides
The following species are recognized within the genus Axinella :[2]
Axinella acanthelloides Pattanayak, 2006 Axinella alba (Descatoire, 1966) Axinella alborana Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014 Axinella amorpha Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 Axinella anamesa (de Laubenfels, 1957) Axinella antarctica (Koltun, 1964) Axinella arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Axinella arctica Vosmaer, 1885 Axinella aruensis (Hentschel, 1912) Axinella australiensis Bergquist, 1970 Axinella babici Vacelet, 1961 Axinella badungensis Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016 Axinella balinensis Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016 Axinella bidderi Burton, 1959 Axinella blanca Koltun, 1959 Axinella brondstedi Bergquist, 1970 Axinella bubarinoides Dendy, 1922 Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) Axinella centrotylota Pansini, 1984 Axinella ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905) Axinella cinnamomea (Nardo, 1833) Axinella clathrata Dendy, 1897 Axinella columna Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990 Axinella convexa Hoshino, 1981 Axinella copiosa Thiele, 1898 Axinella cornua Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990 Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919) Axinella crassa (Carter, 1885) Axinella crinita Thiele, 1905 Axinella cylindratus Hoshino, 1981 Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) Axinella digitiformis Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866) Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella dragmaxioides Burton, 1959 Axinella egregia Topsent, 1892 Axinella elegans (Dendy, 1924) Axinella estacioi Carballo & Garcia-Gomez, 1995 Axinella flabelloreticulata Burton, 1959 Axinella flustra Topsent, 1892 Axinella globula Brøndsted, 1924 Axinella guiteli Topsent, 1896 Axinella halichondrioides Dendy, 1905 Axinella hispida Koltun, 1959 Axinella incrustans Thiele, 1898 Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Axinella kirki Dendy, 1897 Axinella labyrinthica Dendy, 1889 Axinella lamellata (Dendy, 1905) Axinella lesueuri Topsent, 1932 Axinella lifouensis Lévi & Lévi, 1983 Axinella loribellae Alvarez & Hooper, 2009 Axinella macrostyla Babiç, 1922 Axinella mahonensis Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916 Axinella manus Dendy, 1905 Axinella massalis Burton, 1959 Axinella meandroides Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998 Axinella meloniformis Carter, 1885 Axinella minor Thomas, 1981 Axinella minuta Lévi, 1957 Axinella natalensis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Axinella nayaritensis Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Cruz-Barraza, 2018 Axinella parva Picton & Goodwin, 2007 Axinella perlucida Topsent, 1896 Axinella pilifera Carter, 1885 Axinella plumosa (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) Axinella polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953 Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862 Axinella pomponiae Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998 Axinella profunda Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Axinella proliferans Ridley, 1884 Axinella pseudominuta Bibiloni, 1993 Axinella pyramidata Stephens, 1916 Axinella quercifolia (Keller, 1889) Axinella richardsoni Bergquist, 1970 Axinella rugosa (Bowerbank, 1866) Axinella salicina Schmidt, 1868 Axinella setosa Hentschel, 1929 Axinella shoemakeri (Laubenfels, 1936) Axinella sinoxea Alvarez & Hooper, 2009 Axinella solenoeides de Laubenfels, 1957 Axinella spatula Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014 Axinella symbiotica Whitelegge, 1907 Axinella tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905 Axinella tenuis Thiele, 1898 Axinella torquata Brøndsted, 1924 Axinella trichophora Hentschel, 1929 Axinella vaceleti Pansini, 1984 Axinella vasonuda Topsent, 1904 Axinella vellerea Topsent, 1904 Axinella ventilabrum Burton, 1959 Axinella vermiculata Whitelegge, 1907 Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794) Axinella villosa Carter, 1885 Axinella waltonsmithi (de Laubenfels, 1953) Axinella weltnerii (Lendenfeld, 1897) 
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