WoRMS taxon details
Axinella polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953
165501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165501)
accepted
Species
Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pseudaxinella wilsoni Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 530-531 [details]
page(s): 530-531 [details]
Type locality contained in Floridian
type locality contained in Floridian [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 polycapella de Laubenfels, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165501 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 530-531 [details]
original description (of Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 219-221 [details]
original description (of Pseudaxinella wilsoni Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 222-223 [details]
basis of record Alvarez, B.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (1998). A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology.</em> 598: 1-47.
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 530-531 [details]
original description (of Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 219-221 [details]
original description (of Pseudaxinella wilsoni Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960) Wells, H.W.; Wells, M.J.; Gray, I.E. (1960). Marine sponges of North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 76 (2): 200-245.
page(s): 222-223 [details]
basis of record Alvarez, B.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. (1998). A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology.</em> 598: 1-47.
page(s): 7 [details]
Other
additional source
Hartman, W.D. (1955). A collection of sponges from the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula with descriptions of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 5 (3): 161-189.
page(s): 177-180 [details]
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 8 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 177-180 [details]
additional source Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George's Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2).</em> 31-71.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 8 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors

additional source Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors






Unreviewed
Holotype USNM [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella polycapella)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (28 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23405)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23659) (from synonym Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23662) (from synonym Pseudaxinella wilsoni Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 087088)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axinella polycapella)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (11 records) (from synonym Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (28 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23405)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23659) (from synonym Axinella bookhouti Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23662) (from synonym Pseudaxinella wilsoni Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 087088)
To ITIS