{{Short description|Order of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Axinella polypoides by Line1.jpg | image_alt = "Axinella polypoides" | image_caption = ''Axinella polypoides'' | taxon = Axinellida | authority = Lévi, 1953<ref>Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Lévi, C. 1953a. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des sciences. Paris 236(8), pages 853-855</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = * Axinellidae <small>Carter, 1875</small> * Heteroxyidae <small>Dendy, 1905</small> * Raspailiidae <small>Nardo, 1833</small> * Stelligeridae <small>Lendenfeld, 1898</small> }}

'''Axinellida''' is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The order contains the families Axinellidae, Heteroxyidae, Raspailiidae, and Stelligeridae.

== References == {{Reflist}} * Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(1), pages 174-190., {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016}}

== External links == * {{Wikispecies-inline}} <!-- * {{commons-inline}} --> * {{eol|4993104}} * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163084 Axinellida at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)]

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Category:Heteroscleromorpha Category:Sponge orders

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