''Axinella'' is a genus of
sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
s in the family
Axinellidae first described in 1862 by
Eduard Oscar Schmidt
Eduard Oscar Schmidt (21 February 1823, in Torgau – 17 January 1886, in Kappelrodeck) was a German zoologist and phycologist.
Biography
He initially studied mathematics and science at Halle, then continued his education in Berlin, where h ...
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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
The following species are recognized within the genus ''Axinella'':
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Axinella acanthelloides''
Pattanayak, 2006
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Axinella alba''
(Descatoire, 1966)
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Axinella alborana''
Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014
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Axinella amorpha''
Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
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Axinella anamesa''
(de Laubenfels, 1957)
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Axinella antarctica''
(Koltun, 1964)
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Axinella arborescens''
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
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Axinella arctica''
Vosmaer, 1885
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Axinella aruensis''
(Hentschel, 1912)
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Axinella australiensis''
Bergquist, 1970
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Axinella babici''
Vacelet, 1961
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Axinella badungensis''
Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016
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Axinella balinensis''
Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016
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Axinella bidderi''
Burton, 1959
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Axinella blanca''
Koltun, 1959
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Axinella brondstedi''
Bergquist, 1970
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Axinella bubarinoides''
Dendy, 1922
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Axinella cannabina''
(Esper, 1794)
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Axinella centrotylota''
Pansini, 1984
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Axinella ceylonensis''
(Dendy, 1905)
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Axinella cinnamomea''
(Nardo, 1833)
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Axinella clathrata''
Dendy, 1897
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Axinella columna''
Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
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Axinella convexa''
Hoshino, 1981
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Axinella copiosa''
Thiele, 1898
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Axinella cornua''
Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
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Axinella corrugata''
(George & Wilson, 1919)
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Axinella crassa
''Axinella'' is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt
Eduard Oscar Schmidt (21 February 1823, in Torgau – 17 January 1886, in Kappelrodeck) was a German zoologist and phycologist.
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(Carter, 1885)
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Axinella crinita''
Thiele, 1905
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Axinella cylindratus''
Hoshino, 1981
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Axinella damicornis''
(Esper, 1794)
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Axinella digitiformis''
Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
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Axinella dissimilis''
(Bowerbank, 1866)
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Axinella donnani''
(Bowerbank, 1873)
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Axinella dragmaxioides''
Burton, 1959
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Axinella egregia''
Topsent, 1892
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Axinella elegans''
(Dendy, 1924)
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Axinella estacioi''
Carballo & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
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Axinella flabelloreticulata''
Burton, 1959
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Axinella flustra''
Topsent, 1892
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Axinella globula''
Brøndsted, 1924
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Axinella guiteli''
Topsent, 1896
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Axinella halichondrioides''
Dendy, 1905
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Axinella hispida''
Koltun, 1959
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Axinella incrustans''
Thiele, 1898
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Axinella infundibuliformis''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Axinella kirki''
Dendy, 1897
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Axinella labyrinthica''
Dendy, 1889
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Axinella lamellata''
(Dendy, 1905)
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Axinella lesueuri''
Topsent, 1932
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Axinella lifouensis''
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
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Axinella loribellae''
Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
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Axinella macrostyla''
Babiç, 1922
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Axinella mahonensis''
Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
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Axinella manus''
Dendy, 1905
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Axinella massalis''
Burton, 1959
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Axinella meandroides''
Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
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Axinella meloniformis''
Carter, 1885
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Axinella minor''
Thomas, 1981
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Axinella minuta''
Lévi, 1957
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Axinella natalensis''
(Kirkpatrick, 1903)
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Axinella nayaritensis''
Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
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Axinella parva''
Picton & Goodwin, 2007
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Axinella perlucida''
Topsent, 1896
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Axinella pilifera''
Carter, 1885
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Axinella plumosa''
(Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
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Axinella polycapella''
de Laubenfels, 1953
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Axinella polypoides''
Schmidt, 1862
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Axinella pomponiae''
Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
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Axinella profunda''
Ridley & Dendy, 1886
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Axinella proliferans''
Ridley, 1884
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Axinella pseudominuta''
Bibiloni, 1993
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Axinella pyramidata''
Stephens, 1916
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Axinella quercifolia''
(Keller, 1889)
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Axinella richardsoni''
Bergquist, 1970
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Axinella rugosa''
(Bowerbank, 1866)
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Axinella salicina''
Schmidt, 1868
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Axinella setosa''
Hentschel, 1929
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Axinella shoemakeri''
(Laubenfels, 1936)
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Axinella sinoxea''
Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
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Axinella solenoeides''
de Laubenfels, 1957
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Axinella spatula''
Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014
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Axinella symbiotica''
Whitelegge, 1907
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Axinella tenuidigitata''
Dendy, 1905
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Axinella tenuis''
Thiele, 1898
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Axinella torquata''
Brøndsted, 1924
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Axinella trichophora''
Hentschel, 1929
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Axinella vaceleti''
Pansini, 1984
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Axinella vasonuda''
Topsent, 1904
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Axinella vellerea''
Topsent, 1904
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Axinella ventilabrum''
Burton, 1959
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Axinella vermiculata''
Whitelegge, 1907
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Axinella verrucosa''
(Esper, 1794)
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Axinella villosa''
Carter, 1885
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Axinella waltonsmithi''
(de Laubenfels, 1953)
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Axinella weltnerii''
(Lendenfeld, 1897)
References
Axinellidae
Sponge genera
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