Porifera taxon details
Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
132470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132470)
accepted
Species
Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 272-273, pl XLV [details]
page(s): 272-273, pl XLV [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Based on morphological and molecular characters, this species should be allocated to Acanthella species (Bubarida,...
Taxonomy Based on morphological and molecular characters, this species should be allocated to Acanthella species (Bubarida, Dictyonellidae). [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 cannabina (Esper, 1794). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132470 on 2025-05-02
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(of Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 272-273, pl XLV [details]
original description (of Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833) 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. <em>In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).</em> [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1957). Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 6 B(3-4): 201-212.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 516 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Topsent, E. (1901). Considérations sur la faune des spongiaires des côtes d'Algérie. Eponges de La Calle. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9: 327-370, pls XIII-XIV.
page(s): 349 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 634-635; fig 4 [details]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Longo, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Corriero, G. (2005). Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1341-1352.
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bertolino, M.; Bo, M.; Canese, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M. (2015). Deep sponge communities of the Gulf of St Eufemia (Calabria, southern Tyrrhenian Sea), with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (07), 1371-1387., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001380
page(s): 1375 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). A preliminary study on sponge fauna of the north shore of Gökçeada Island. In: Öztürk B, Aysel V, editors. Ulusal Ege Adaları 2001. <em>Toplantısı Bildiriler Kitabı. İstanbul, Turkey: Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı, .</em> pp. 97–102 (in Turkish).
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pansini, M.; Morri, C.; Bianchi, C.N. (2000). The sponge community of a subtidal area with hydrothermal vents: Milos island, Aegean Sea. <em>Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science.</em> 51, 627-635.
page(s): 630 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gerovasileiou, V.; Voultsiadou, E. (2016). Sponge diversity gradients in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean. <i>In</i>: Schönberg C.H.L., Fromont J., Hooper J.N.A., Sorokin S., Zhang W. & de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96: 407-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415000697
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 1256 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hussein, K.B.; Talet, L.B. (2019). A preliminary inventory of biodiversity and benthic habitats of “Plane” Island (Paloma) in Oran Bay, north western Algeria, (western Mediterranean). <em>Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment.</em> 25 (1): 49-72.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abdelali, N.; Grimes, S. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Porifera on the Algerian coast (West Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5512(3): 402-419., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.5
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Gazave, E.; Carteron, S.; Chenuil, A.; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borchiellini, C. (2010). Polyphyly of the genus <i>Axinella</i> and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57, 35-47.
note: Based on morphological and molecular characters, Axinella cannabina is allocated in this source to Acanthella [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details]
additional source (of Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference (of Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833)) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 64; pl VI fig 6 [details]
page(s): 272-273, pl XLV [details]
original description (of Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833) 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. <em>In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).</em> [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Babiç, K. (1922). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Lévi, C. (1957). Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 6 B(3-4): 201-212.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 516 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Topsent, E. (1901). Considérations sur la faune des spongiaires des côtes d'Algérie. Eponges de La Calle. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9: 327-370, pls XIII-XIV.
page(s): 349 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 634-635; fig 4 [details]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Longo, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Corriero, G. (2005). Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1341-1352.
page(s): 1343 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bertolino, M.; Bo, M.; Canese, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M. (2015). Deep sponge communities of the Gulf of St Eufemia (Calabria, southern Tyrrhenian Sea), with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (07), 1371-1387., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001380
page(s): 1375 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
page(s): 421 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). A preliminary study on sponge fauna of the north shore of Gökçeada Island. In: Öztürk B, Aysel V, editors. Ulusal Ege Adaları 2001. <em>Toplantısı Bildiriler Kitabı. İstanbul, Turkey: Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı, .</em> pp. 97–102 (in Turkish).
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pansini, M.; Morri, C.; Bianchi, C.N. (2000). The sponge community of a subtidal area with hydrothermal vents: Milos island, Aegean Sea. <em>Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science.</em> 51, 627-635.
page(s): 630 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gerovasileiou, V.; Voultsiadou, E. (2016). Sponge diversity gradients in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean. <i>In</i>: Schönberg C.H.L., Fromont J., Hooper J.N.A., Sorokin S., Zhang W. & de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96: 407-416., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415000697
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 1256 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hussein, K.B.; Talet, L.B. (2019). A preliminary inventory of biodiversity and benthic habitats of “Plane” Island (Paloma) in Oran Bay, north western Algeria, (western Mediterranean). <em>Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment.</em> 25 (1): 49-72.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Abdelali, N.; Grimes, S. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Porifera on the Algerian coast (West Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5512(3): 402-419., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.5
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Gazave, E.; Carteron, S.; Chenuil, A.; Richelle-Maurer, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borchiellini, C. (2010). Polyphyly of the genus <i>Axinella</i> and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57, 35-47.
note: Based on morphological and molecular characters, Axinella cannabina is allocated in this source to Acanthella [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details]
additional source (of Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference (of Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833)) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 64; pl VI fig 6 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Based on morphological and molecular characters, this species should be allocated to Acanthella species (Bubarida, Dictyonellidae). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella cannabina)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To PESI (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella cannabina)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To PESI (from synonym Spongia cannabina Esper, 1794)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Axinella foveolaria (Nardo, 1833))
