Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 132472

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		Grantia cinnamomea var. damicornis (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and status change) Grantia cinnamomea var. lactuca (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym) Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 (genus transfer) Spongia lactuca Esper, 1794 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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: 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. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219. [details] additional source: Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1995). Axinella estacioi n.sp. (Porifera, Axinellida) from caves of the Strait of Gibraltar (southern Iberian Peninsula). Cah. Biol. Mar. 36(4): 245-250 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] additional source: Boury-Esnault, N. 1970. Un phénomène de bourgeonnement externe chez l'éponge Axinella damicornis (Esper). Cahiers de Biologie marine, 11: 491-496 [details] 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] new combination reference: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text] from synonym: Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll.(Oken: Jena). [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   French axinelle plate  [details] Spanish esponja de cuernos de gamo  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Adriatic Sea [details] Aegean Sea [details] Alboran Sea [details] Azores Canaries Madeira [details] Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Cape Verde [details] Celtic Seas [details] Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Mediterranean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Italian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Monaco [details] North Atlantic [details] South European Atlantic Shelf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] West Mediterranean [details] Western Mediterranean [details]
Specimen		Unknown type (from synonym) , locality Mediterranean Sea ((suspected, but not certain, to be from the Mediterranean)) [view taxon]
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection To ITIS
Images		Axinella damicornis added on 2007-01-17 - author: de Kluijver, Mario qualitystatus: not checked [image from synonym] Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia damicornis added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 19:03:11 [image from synonym] Original Plate of Esper's (1794) Spongia lactuca added on 2010-08-02 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-08-02 19:19:10
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132472
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2007-01-17 14:06:08Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinella damicornis (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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132472 on 2013-05-25