WoRMS taxon details
Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873)
165477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165477)
accepted
Species
Axinella (Stylissa) donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) · unaccepted
Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Phakellia donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII.
page(s): 28-29 [details]
page(s): 28-29 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [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 donnani (Bowerbank, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165477 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII.
page(s): 28-29 [details]
page(s): 28-29 [details]
Other
additional source
Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 134; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 158-159 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1889). Report on a Second Collection of Sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3: 73-99,pls III-V.
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63.
page(s): 29-30 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1970). On some deep sea sponges from the Gulf of Mannar, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 12(1): 202-209.
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 28 & 59-60 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 289-290 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 114 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
page(s): Table 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2020). New records of Indo-Pacific sponges from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4894(1): 81-97., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622.
page(s): 611 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sivaleela, G.; Immanuel, T.; Kumar, R.R.; Surendar, C. (2025). Morphological Notes on Marine Sponges of the Class Demospongiae and One Calcarea from Lakshadweep. <em>Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology.</em> 46(4): 70-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.56557/upjoz/2025/v46i44806
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 134; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dendy, A. (1887). The Sponge-fauna of Madras. A Report on a Collection of Sponges obtained in the Neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 20(117):153-165, pls IX-XII.
page(s): 158-159 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1889). Report on a Second Collection of Sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3: 73-99,pls III-V.
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63.
page(s): 29-30 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1970). On some deep sea sponges from the Gulf of Mannar, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 12(1): 202-209.
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 28 & 59-60 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 289-290 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. (1977). Sponge distribution in coral reefs and related areas in the vicinity of Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1977, 113-117.
page(s): 114 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source George, A.M.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Sluka, R.D.; Lazarus, S. (2020). A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4885(2): 277-300., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
page(s): Table 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2020). New records of Indo-Pacific sponges from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4894(1): 81-97., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sivaleela, G. (2014). Marine sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>Records of the Zoolgical Survey of India.</em> 114 (Part 4): 607-622.
page(s): 611 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sivaleela, G.; Immanuel, T.; Kumar, R.R.; Surendar, C. (2025). Morphological Notes on Marine Sponges of the Class Demospongiae and One Calcarea from Lakshadweep. <em>Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology.</em> 46(4): 70-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.56557/upjoz/2025/v46i44806
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella donnani)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Phakellia donnani (Bowerbank, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella donnani)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Isodictya donnani Bowerbank, 1873)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Phakellia donnani (Bowerbank, 1873))
