Axinella
| Axinella | |
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| Axinella damicornis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Halichondrida |
| 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
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