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Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 132499

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Axinella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Axinella Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Spongia verrucosa Esper, 1794 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

basis of record: Ehlers, E. 1870. Die Esper’schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details] [full text]

additional source: Lévi, C. 1957a. Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 6 B(3-4): 201-212. [details]

additional source: Pansini, M. 1984 (1982-1983). Notes on some Mediterranean Axinella with description of two new species. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici della (R.) Università di Genova 50-51: 79-98. [details] [full text]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details]

new combination reference: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian sfungjeri gishtor  [details]
English mediterranean mermaids glove  [details]
French axinelle verruqueuse  [details]
German Lamellengeweihschwamm  [details]
Italian spugna verrucosa  [details]
Spanish esponja verrugosa  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Aegean Sea [details]
Alboran Sea [details]
Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cape Verde [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Guinea West [details]
Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Italian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Levantine Sea [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Monaco [details]
North Atlantic [details]
Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra [details]
West Africa [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
Western Mediterranean [details]
Specimens  Nontype (from synonym): MNHN DT 2239 [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym) , locality Mediterranean Sea [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia verrucosa
[image from synonym]
Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia verrucosa
added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 19:52:04
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132499
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-08-10 14:08:54Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132499 on 2013-05-21
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