''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 throug ...

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 he c ...

. 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'': *'' 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)

References

Axinellidae Sponge genera {{Demosponge-stub