Species under Axinella
n= 30
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Axinella alba
(Descatoire, 1966)
Mediterranean
Axinella anamesa
(de Laubenfels, 1957)
Eastern Central Pacific
Axinella antarctica
(Koltun, 1964)
Antarctic Atlantic
Axinella arctica
Vosmaer, 1885
Arctic horny sponge Northern Atlantic 25
Axinella aruensis
(Hentschel, 1912)
Western Central Pacific
Axinella australiensis
Bergquist, 1970
Southwest Pacific
Axinella corrugata
(George & Wilson, 1919)
Western Central Atlantic
Axinella crinita
Thiele, 1905
Small tree sponge Southeast Pacific
Axinella damicornis
(Esper, 1794)
Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean 10
Axinella donnani
(Bowerbank, 1873)
Indo-West Pacific
Axinella guiteli
Topsent, 1896
Mediterranean
Axinella infundibuliformis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Arctic and Northeast Atlantic
Axinella lifouensis
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Western Central Pacific
Axinella meandroides
Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
Western Central Atlantic
Axinella nayaritensis
Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
Eastern Central Pacific
Axinella plumosa
(Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
Western Central Pacific
Axinella polycapella
de Laubenfels, 1953
Western Central Atlantic
Axinella polypoides
Schmidt, 1862
Northeast Atlantic
Axinella pomponiae
Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
Western Central Atlantic
Axinella proliferans
Ridley, 1884
Western Central Pacific
Axinella rugosa
(Bowerbank, 1866)
Atlantic Ocean
Axinella shoemakeri
(de Laubenfels, 1936)
Western Central Atlantic
Axinella solenoeides
de Laubenfels, 1957
Eastern Central Pacific
Axinella tenuidigitata
Dendy, 1905
Western Central Pacific
Axinella vasonuda
Topsent, 1904
Northeast Atlantic
Axinella ventilabrum
Burton, 1959
Chalice sponge Atlantic Ocean
Axinella verrucosa
(Esper, 1794)
Mediterranean 100
Axinella virgultosa
Carter, 1887
Indo-West Pacific
Axinella vulgata
Thiele, 1899
Western Central Pacific
Axinella waltonsmithi
(de Laubenfels, 1953)
Western Central Atlantic
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