Axinella
Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. Species of the genus Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.
List of species
The following species are recognized within the genus Axinella:- Axinella acanthelloides
- Axinella alba
- Axinella alborana
- Axinella amorpha
- Axinella anamesa
- Axinella antarctica
- Axinella arborescens
- Axinella arctica
- Axinella aruensis
- Axinella australiensis
- Axinella babici
- Axinella badungensis
- Axinella balinensis
- Axinella bidderi
- Axinella blanca
- Axinella brevistyla
- Axinella brondstedi
- Axinella bubarinoides
- Axinella cannabina
- Axinella centrotylota
- Axinella ceylonensis
- Axinella cinnamomea
- Axinella clathrata
- Axinella columna
- Axinella convexa
- Axinella copiosa
- Axinella cornua
- Axinella coronata
- Axinella corrugata
- Axinella crassa
- Axinella crinita
- Axinella cylindratus
- Axinella cylindrica
- Axinella damicornis
- Axinella digitiformis
- Axinella dissimilis
- Axinella donnani
- Axinella dragmaxioides
- Axinella egregia
- Axinella elegans
- Axinella estacioi
- Axinella flabelloreticulata
- Axinella flustra
- Axinella globula
- Axinella guiteli
- Axinella halichondrioides
- Axinella hispida
- Axinella incrustans
- Axinella infundibuliformis
- Axinella kirki
- Axinella kurushima
- Axinella labyrinthica
- Axinella lamellata
- Axinella lesueuri
- Axinella lifouensis
- Axinella loribellae
- Axinella macrostyla
- Axinella mahonensis
- Axinella manus
- Axinella massalis
- Axinella meandroides
- Axinella meloniformis
- Axinella minor
- Axinella minuta
- Axinella natalensis
- Axinella nayaritensis
- Axinella parva
- Axinella perlucida
- Axinella pilifera
- Axinella plumosa
- Axinella polycapella
- Axinella polypoides
- Axinella pomponiae
- Axinella profunda
- Axinella proliferans
- Axinella pseudominuta
- Axinella pyramidata
- Axinella quercifolia
- Axinella richardsoni
- Axinella salicina
- Axinella setosa
- Axinella shoemakeri
- Axinella sinoxea
- Axinella solenoeides
- Axinella spatula
- Axinella symbiotica
- Axinella tenuidigitata
- Axinella tenuis
- Axinella torquata
- Axinella trichophora
- Axinella vaceleti
- Axinella vasonuda
- Axinella vellerea
- Axinella ventilabrum
- Axinella venusta
- Axinella vermiculata
- Axinella verrucosa
- Axinella villosa
- Axinella waltonsmithi
- ''Axinella weltnerii''