WoRMS name details

Pseudaxinella coccinea (Keller, 1891)

220457  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220457)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Axinellida (Order)
  7. Axinellidae (Family)
  8. Pseudaxinella (Genus)
  9. Pseudaxinella coccinea (Species)
 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Reniera coccinea Keller, 1891) Keller, C. (1891). Die Spongienfauna des Rothen Meeres (II. Halfte). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 52.</em> 294-368, pls XVI-XX.
page(s): 307-308 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Description: Irregularly encrusting, 10-12 cm long and wide. Surface smooth to faintly domed and undulating. Oscules...  
Description Description: Irregularly encrusting, 10-12 cm long and wide. Surface smooth to faintly domed and undulating. Oscules regularly spaced, elevated up to 0.5 cm. Exudes copious clear mucus when broken. Fairly compressible and crumbly with granular texture. Colour brilliant red with a whitish sheen due to surface sand-grains. Habitat: vertical faces on fringing reef (Richmond, 1997). [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. Pseudaxinella coccinea (Keller, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220457 on 2025-04-06
Date
action
by
1998-09-25 06:23:11Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-04-26 07:05:07Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-07-27 12:35:06Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-08-10 14:08:54Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Reniera coccinea Keller, 1891) Keller, C. (1891). Die Spongienfauna des Rothen Meeres (II. Halfte). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 52.</em> 294-368, pls XVI-XX.
page(s): 307-308 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Description: Irregularly encrusting, 10-12 cm long and wide. Surface smooth to faintly domed and undulating. Oscules regularly spaced, elevated up to 0.5 cm. Exudes copious clear mucus when broken. Fairly compressible and crumbly with granular texture. Colour brilliant red with a whitish sheen due to surface sand-grains. Habitat: vertical faces on fringing reef (Richmond, 1997). [details]

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