Axinyssa paradoxa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
AphiaID: 165749

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Axinyssa (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897
Synonymised taxa		Axinella paradoxa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (genus transfer) Axinomimus paradoxus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text] original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Diaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A. 1990. Phylogenetic classification of the halichondrids (Porifera, Demospongiae). Beaufortia 40(2): 15-62 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		South Atlantic [details] Tristan Gough [details]
Specimen		Holotype (from synonym): BMNH 1887.5.2.68, locality South Atlantic (Inaccessible Island) [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Note		Inaccessible Island. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165749
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-10-15 09:09:18Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-08-26 18:10:43Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinyssa paradoxa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886). 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=165749 on 2013-05-22