WoRMS taxon details
Axos cliftoni Gray, 1867
170586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170586)
accepted
Species
Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, 1873 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Echinospongia australis Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. [details] 
Holotype BMNH 1870.8.26.31, geounit Exmouth to Broome
Holotype BMNH 1870.8.26.31, geounit Exmouth to Broome [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Axos cliftoni Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170586 on 2026-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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. [details]
original description (of Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part V. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 319-333, pls XXVIII-XXXI.
page(s): 321 [details]
original description (of Echinospongia australis Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Note on a new genus of sponge from West Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6: 272. [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1986). Revision of the marine sponge genus <i>Axos</i> Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from north-west Australia. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3 (1): 167-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.260882 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part V. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 319-333, pls XXVIII-XXXI.
page(s): 321 [details]
original description (of Echinospongia australis Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Note on a new genus of sponge from West Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6: 272. [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (1986). Revision of the marine sponge genus <i>Axos</i> Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from north-west Australia. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3 (1): 167-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.260882 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Fromont, J. (2003). Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: taxonomie affinities and biogeography. pp. 405-417. In: Wells, F.E.; Walker, D.I.; Jones, D.S. (eds.) The marine flora and fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dat, T. T. H.; Cuc, N. T. K.; Cuong, P. V. (2018). Molecular taxonomy of some sponges (Demospongiae) using ribosomal (18s rrna) and partial mitochondrial (coi) genes. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 40(4): 67-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/v40n4.12705
page(s): Table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dat, T. T. H.; Cuc, N. T. K.; Cuong, P. V. (2018). Molecular taxonomy of some sponges (Demospongiae) using ribosomal (18s rrna) and partial mitochondrial (coi) genes. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 40(4): 67-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/v40n4.12705
page(s): Table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1870.8.26.31, geounit Exmouth to Broome [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echinospongia australis Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axos cliftoni)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echinospongia australis Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axos cliftoni)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
