Porifera taxon details

Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)

132480  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132480)

accepted
Species
Axinella microdragma (Lendenfeld, 1897) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Axinella pocillum (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Halichondria infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Isodictya infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phakellia crateriformis (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phakellia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Placochalina infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Reniera palescens Hansen, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia caliciformis Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Thrinacophora microdragma Lendenfeld, 1897 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details] OpenAccess publication
Neotype  (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759)...  
Neotype (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) BELUM:K Mc4438, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
Type locality contained in Southern Norway  
type locality contained in Southern Norway [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Axinella infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132480 on 2025-08-08
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original description (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267
page(s): 1348 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 305-306 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Thrinacophora microdragma Lendenfeld, 1897) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1897). On the Spongida. Notes on Rockall Island and Banks. <em>Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31: 82-88, pls I-IV. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 386; note: "Mare forte Americanum". [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Reniera palescens Hansen, 1885) Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. <em>Zoology.</em> 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia caliciformis Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 203 [details] 

taxonomy source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M. (2014). New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3760: 141–179.
page(s): 156 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. Pp. 724-747. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY. 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 730 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 123-124 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Burton, M. (1959). Spongia. Pp. 1-71. <i>In</i>: Fridriksson, A. & Tuxen, S.L.(Eds), The Zoology of Iceland. 2(3-4). Ejnar Munksgaard: Copenhagen& Reykjavik.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 21 [details] OpenAccess publication

biology source Gazave, E.; Carteron, S.; Chenuil, A.; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borchiellini, C. (2010). Polyphyly of the genus <i>Axinella</i> and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57, 35-47.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source 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). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Axinella pocillum (Bowerbank, 1866)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Axinella microdragma (Lendenfeld, 1897)) BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details] 

additional source (of Halichondria infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 105 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766) Wilkens, C.F. (1787). P.S. Pallas, Charakteristik der Thierpflanzen. Nach seinem Tode herausgegeben von J.F.W. Herbst. <em>Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> pp. 265 + 22 (unnumbered) + pls. XXVI.
page(s): 222 [details] 

additional source (of Isodictya infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 137-138, Pl LIV [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Isodictya infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Tanita, S.; Hoshino, T. (1989). The Demospongiae of Sagami Bay. <em>Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household: Japan.</em> i-xiii, 1-197 [in English], pls 1-19; 1-166 [in Japanese], 1 map.
page(s): 131; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 359; note: Listed as junior synonym of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759 = Axinella infundibuliformis. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766) Boddaert, P. 1768. Lyst der Plant-Dieren, p. (1-50) + 1-654, pls. 1-14. Van Paddenburg & Van Schoonhoven, Utrecht.
page(s): 486 [details] 

additional source (of Spongia crateriformis Pallas, 1766) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 135, Pl. LIII 4-6; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Isodictya pocillum Bowerbank, 1866) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II.
page(s): 536 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 513 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 38 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Stephens, J. (1921 [1920]). Sponges of the Coasts of Ireland. II. The Tetraxonida (concluded). <em>Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch. Department of Agriculture for Ireland.</em> 1920 (2): 1-75, pls I-VI.
page(s): 66 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 176-177 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Stephens, J. (1917). Report on the sponges collected off the coasts of Ireland by the dredging expeditions of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 34 (B): 1-16.
page(s): 13-14 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 479-481; Lám. 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Tragosia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Castric-Fey, A. (1996). Richesse et biodiversité en mer mégatidale: communautés sublittorales rocheuses de la région de Trébeurden-Ploumanac'h (Nord Bretagne France). <em>Cahiers de Biologie marine.</em> 37, 7-31.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Gunnerus, J. E. (1768). Om adskillige Søe-Svampe. <em>Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 4: 74-80, Tab. III-VI, XV [= 3-6, 15]. Kiøbenhavn. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 205-209 [details] 

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635
page(s): 359 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 140 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1296 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761
page(s): 103-105 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3818 [details] 

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. <em>F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam.</em> 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614.
page(s): 432; note: Cited with question mark. [details] 

additional source (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) Olivi, G. (1792). Zoologia Adriatica, ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del golfo e della lagune di Venezia. Bassano [G. Remondini e fl.]. [ix] + 334 + xxxii pp., 9 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123881 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Phakellia infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Arndt, W. (1935). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Leipzig.</em> 3a(27): 1-140. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Placochalina infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Arndt, W. (1935). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Leipzig.</em> 3a(27): 1-140. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference (of Halichondria infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 524 [details] 

new combination reference (of Isodictya infundibuliformis (Linnaeus, 1759)) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 317-318 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Reniera palescens Hansen, 1885) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II.
page(s): 536 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Neotype (of Spongia infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1759) BELUM:K Mc4438, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
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English prawn cracker spongeNorth atlantic cup sponge  [details]
German Nordatlantischer TrichterschwammGemeiner Schwamm  [details]
Japanese ロウトカイメン [from synonym]  [details]