Axinella egregia sensu Topsent, 1892 
AphiaID: 132474

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
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1892a. Contribution à l’étude des Spongiaires de l’Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 2: 1-165, pls I-XI. [details] [full text] original description: Uriz, M.J.; Maldonado, M. 1993. Redescription of some rare sponge species in the western Mediterranean. Scientia Marina, 57 (4): 353-366. [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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North Coast of Spain [details] South European Atlantic Shelf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Mediterranean [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI
Note		This species has been assigned to Ridley's Phakellia egegria, however, this South American species is a Dragmacidon and not conspecific with Topsent's and Uriz & Maldonado's material. A new name must be provided. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132474
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2006-11-28 13:22:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-07-29 13:10:02Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2010-10-27 08:40:21Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinella egregia sensu Topsent, 1892. 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=132474 on 2013-05-26