# Axinella

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***Axinella*** is a genus of [sponges](/source/Sponge) in the family [Axinellidae](/source/Axinellidae) first described in 1862 by [Eduard Oscar Schmidt](/source/Eduard_Oscar_Schmidt).[2][3] Species of the genus *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*:[2]

- *[Axinella acanthelloides](/source/Axinella_acanthelloides)* Pattanayak, 2006
- *[Axinella alba](/source/Axinella_alba)* (Descatoire, 1966)
- *[Axinella alborana](/source/Axinella_alborana)* Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014
- *[Axinella amorpha](/source/Axinella_amorpha)* Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
- *[Axinella anamesa](/source/Axinella_anamesa)* (de Laubenfels, 1957)
- *[Axinella antarctica](/source/Axinella_antarctica)* (Koltun, 1964)
- *[Axinella arborescens](/source/Axinella_arborescens)* Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- *[Axinella arctica](/source/Axinella_arctica)* (Vosmaer, 1885)
- *[Axinella aruensis](/source/Axinella_aruensis)* (Hentschel, 1912)
- *[Axinella australiensis](/source/Axinella_australiensis)* Bergquist, 1970
- *[Axinella babici](/source/Axinella_babici)* Vacelet, 1961
- *[Axinella badungensis](/source/Axinella_badungensis)* Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016
- *[Axinella balinensis](/source/Axinella_balinensis)* Alvarez, de Voogd & van Soest, 2016
- *[Axinella bidderi](/source/Axinella_bidderi)* Burton, 1959
- *[Axinella blanca](/source/Axinella_blanca)* Koltun, 1959
- *[Axinella brevistyla](/source/Axinella_brevistyla)* (Hoshino, 1981)
- *[Axinella brondstedi](/source/Axinella_brondstedi)* Bergquist, 1970
- *[Axinella bubarinoides](/source/Axinella_bubarinoides)* Dendy, 1922
- *[Axinella cannabina](/source/Axinella_cannabina)* (Esper, 1794)
- *[Axinella centrotylota](/source/Axinella_centrotylota)* Pansini, 1984
- *[Axinella ceylonensis](/source/Axinella_ceylonensis)* (Dendy, 1905)
- *[Axinella cinnamomea](/source/Axinella_cinnamomea)* (Nardo, 1833)
- *[Axinella clathrata](/source/Axinella_clathrata)* Dendy, 1897
- *[Axinella columna](/source/Axinella_columna)* Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
- *[Axinella convexa](/source/Axinella_convexa)* Hoshino, 1981
- *[Axinella copiosa](/source/Axinella_copiosa)* Thiele, 1898
- *[Axinella cornua](/source/Axinella_cornua)* Sim, Kim & Byeon, 1990
- *[Axinella coronata](/source/Axinella_coronata)* Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
- *[Axinella corrugata](/source/Axinella_corrugata)* (George & Wilson, 1919)
- *[Axinella crassa](/source/Axinella_crassa)* (Carter, 1885)
- *[Axinella crinita](/source/Axinella_crinita)* Thiele, 1905
- *[Axinella cylindratus](/source/Axinella_cylindratus)* Hoshino, 1981
- *[Axinella cylindrica](/source/Axinella_cylindrica)* Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
- *[Axinella damicornis](/source/Axinella_damicornis)* (Esper, 1794)
- *[Axinella digitiformis](/source/Axinella_digitiformis)* Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
- *[Axinella dissimilis](/source/Axinella_dissimilis)* (Bowerbank, 1866)
- *[Axinella donnani](/source/Axinella_donnani)* (Bowerbank, 1873)
- *[Axinella dragmaxioides](/source/Axinella_dragmaxioides)* Burton, 1959
- *[Axinella egregia](/source/Axinella_egregia)* sensu Topsent, 1892
- *[Axinella elegans](/source/Axinella_elegans)* (Dendy, 1924)
- *[Axinella estacioi](/source/Axinella_estacioi)* Carballo & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
- *[Axinella flabelloreticulata](/source/Axinella_flabelloreticulata)* Burton, 1959
- *[Axinella flustra](/source/Axinella_flustra)* Topsent, 1892
- *[Axinella globula](/source/Axinella_globula)* Brøndsted, 1924
- *[Axinella guiteli](/source/Axinella_guiteli)* Topsent, 1896
- *[Axinella halichondrioides](/source/Axinella_halichondrioides)* Dendy, 1905
- *[Axinella hispida](/source/Axinella_hispida)* Koltun, 1959
- *[Axinella incrustans](/source/Axinella_incrustans)* Thiele, 1898
- *[Axinella infundibuliformis](/source/Axinella_infundibuliformis)* (Linnaeus, 1759)
- *[Axinella kirki](/source/Axinella_kirki)* Dendy, 1897
- *[Axinella kurushima](/source/Axinella_kurushima)* Van Soest, 2024
- *[Axinella labyrinthica](/source/Axinella_labyrinthica)* Dendy, 1889
- *[Axinella lamellata](/source/Axinella_lamellata)* (Dendy, 1905)
- *[Axinella lesueuri](/source/Axinella_lesueuri)* Topsent, 1932
- *[Axinella lifouensis](/source/Axinella_lifouensis)* Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- *[Axinella loribellae](/source/Axinella_loribellae)* Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
- *[Axinella macrostyla](/source/Axinella_macrostyla)* Babiç, 1922
- *[Axinella mahonensis](/source/Axinella_mahonensis)* Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
- *[Axinella manus](/source/Axinella_manus)* Dendy, 1905
- *[Axinella massalis](/source/Axinella_massalis)* Burton, 1959
- *[Axinella meandroides](/source/Axinella_meandroides)* Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
- *[Axinella meloniformis](/source/Axinella_meloniformis)* Carter, 1885
- *[Axinella minor](/source/Axinella_minor)* Thomas, 1981
- *[Axinella minuta](/source/Axinella_minuta)* Lévi, 1957
- *[Axinella natalensis](/source/Axinella_natalensis)* (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
- *[Axinella nayaritensis](/source/Axinella_nayaritensis)* Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
- *[Axinella parva](/source/Axinella_parva)* Picton & Goodwin, 2007
- *[Axinella perlucida](/source/Axinella_perlucida)* Topsent, 1896
- *[Axinella pilifera](/source/Axinella_pilifera)* Carter, 1885
- *[Axinella plumosa](/source/Axinella_plumosa)* (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
- *[Axinella polycapella](/source/Axinella_polycapella)* de Laubenfels, 1953
- *[Axinella polypoides](/source/Axinella_polypoides)* Schmidt, 1862
- *[Axinella pomponiae](/source/Axinella_pomponiae)* Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
- *[Axinella profunda](/source/Axinella_profunda)* Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- *[Axinella proliferans](/source/Axinella_proliferans)* Ridley, 1884
- *[Axinella pseudominuta](/source/Axinella_pseudominuta)* Bibiloni, 1993
- *[Axinella pyramidata](/source/Axinella_pyramidata)* Stephens, 1916
- *[Axinella quercifolia](/source/Axinella_quercifolia)* (Keller, 1889)
- *[Axinella richardsoni](/source/Axinella_richardsoni)* Bergquist, 1970
- *[Axinella salicina](/source/Axinella_salicina)* Schmidt, 1868
- *[Axinella setosa](/source/Axinella_setosa)* Hentschel, 1929
- *[Axinella shoemakeri](/source/Axinella_shoemakeri)* (de Laubenfels, 1936)
- *[Axinella sinoxea](/source/Axinella_sinoxea)* Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
- *[Axinella solenoeides](/source/Axinella_solenoeides)* de Laubenfels, 1957
- *[Axinella spatula](/source/Axinella_spatula)* Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014
- *[Axinella symbiotica](/source/Axinella_symbiotica)* Whitelegge, 1907
- *[Axinella tenuidigitata](/source/Axinella_tenuidigitata)* Dendy, 1905
- *[Axinella tenuis](/source/Axinella_tenuis)* Thiele, 1898
- *[Axinella torquata](/source/Axinella_torquata)* Brøndsted, 1924
- *[Axinella trichophora](/source/Axinella_trichophora)* Hentschel, 1929
- *[Axinella vaceleti](/source/Axinella_vaceleti)* Pansini, 1984
- *[Axinella vasonuda](/source/Axinella_vasonuda)* Topsent, 1904
- *[Axinella vellerea](/source/Axinella_vellerea)* Topsent, 1904
- *[Axinella ventilabrum](/source/Axinella_ventilabrum)* Burton, 1959
- *[Axinella venusta](/source/Axinella_venusta)* Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021
- *[Axinella vermiculata](/source/Axinella_vermiculata)* Whitelegge, 1907
- *[Axinella verrucosa](/source/Axinella_verrucosa)* (Esper, 1794)
- *[Axinella villosa](/source/Axinella_villosa)* Carter, 1885
- *[Axinella waltonsmithi](/source/Axinella_waltonsmithi)* (de Laubenfels, 1953)
- *[Axinella weltnerii](/source/Axinella_weltnerii)* (Lendenfeld, 1897)

## References

1. ["WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Axinella Schmidt, 1862"](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131774). *www.marinespecies.org*. Retrieved 2019-03-24.

1. Schmidt, O (1862). [*Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KeIGwwEACAAJ). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. pp. i-viii, 1–88, pls 1–7. – via google books.

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