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Family: Axinellidae (See list of species below)

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64 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Auletta lyrata []	No picture found Auletta sessilis []	No picture found Auletta sycinularia []
No picture found Auletta tuberosa []	No picture found Axinella alba []	No picture found Axinella anamesa []
No picture found Axinella antarctica []	No picture found Axinella arctica [Arctic horny sponge]	No picture found Axinella aruensis []
No picture found Axinella australiensis []	No picture found Axinella corrugata []	No picture found Axinella crinita [Small tree sponge]
Axinella damicornis []	No picture found Axinella donnani []	No picture found Axinella guiteli []
No picture found Axinella infundibuliformis []	No picture found Axinella lifouensis []	No picture found Axinella meandroides []
No picture found Axinella plumosa []	No picture found Axinella polycapella []	No picture found Axinella polypoides []
No picture found Axinella pomponiae []	No picture found Axinella proliferans []	No picture found Axinella rugosa []
No picture found Axinella shoemakeri []	No picture found Axinella solenoeides []	No picture found Axinella tenuidigitata []
No picture found Axinella vasonuda []	Axinella verrucosa []	No picture found Axinella virgultosa []
No picture found Axinella vulgata []	No picture found Axinella waltonsmithi []	No picture found Cymbastela cantharella []
No picture found Cymbastela concentrica []	No picture found Dragmacidon condylia []	No picture found Dragmacidon debitusae []
No picture found Dragmacidon egregium []	No picture found Dragmacidon explicatum []	No picture found Dragmacidon grayi []
No picture found Dragmacidon hendersoni []	No picture found Dragmacidon raeae []	No picture found Dragmacidon reticulatum []
No picture found Dragmaxia undata []	No picture found Phakellia atypica []	No picture found Phakellia carduus []
No picture found Phakellia columnata []	No picture found Phakellia folium []	No picture found Phakellia fusca []
No picture found Phakellia hirondellei []	No picture found Phakellia pulcherrima []	No picture found Phakellia robusta []
No picture found Phakellia stelliderma []	No picture found Phakellia stipitata []	Phakellia ventilabrum []
No picture found Phycopsis aculeata []	No picture found Phycopsis epakros []	No picture found Phycopsis fusiformis []
No picture found Phycopsis papillata []	No picture found Pipestela candelabra []	No picture found Pseudaxinella lunaechartia []
No picture found Ptilocaulis aulopora []	No picture found Ptilocaulis flexibilis []	No picture found Ptilocaulis marquezii []
No picture found Ptilocaulis walpersi []

64 Species of Family Axinellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Auletta lyrata		Indo-West Pacific
Auletta sessilis		Northeast Atlantic
Auletta sycinularia		Atlantic Ocean.
Auletta tuberosa		Western Central Atlantic
Axinella alba		Mediterranean
Axinella anamesa		Eastern Central Pacific
Axinella antarctica		Antarctic Atlantic
Axinella arctica	Arctic horny sponge	Northern Atlantic	25 WD
Axinella aruensis		Western Central Pacific
Axinella australiensis		Southwest Pacific
Axinella corrugata		Western Central Atlantic
Axinella crinita	Small tree sponge	Southeast Pacific
Axinella damicornis		Northeast Atlantic and Me	10 H
Axinella donnani		Indo-West Pacific
Axinella guiteli		Mediterranean
Axinella infundibuliformis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Axinella lifouensis		Western Central Pacific
Axinella meandroides		Western Central Atlantic
Axinella plumosa		Western Central Pacific
Axinella polycapella		Western Central Atlantic.
Axinella polypoides		Northeast Atlantic
Axinella pomponiae		Western Central Atlantic.
Axinella proliferans		Western Central Pacific
Axinella rugosa		Atlantic Ocean
Axinella shoemakeri		Western Central Atlantic
Axinella solenoeides		Eastern Central Pacific
Axinella tenuidigitata		Western Central Pacific
Axinella vasonuda		Northeast Atlantic
Axinella verrucosa		Mediterranean.	100 H
Axinella virgultosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Axinella vulgata		Western Central Pacific
Axinella waltonsmithi		Western Central Atlantic
Cymbastela cantharella		Western Central Pacific
Cymbastela concentrica		Western Central Pacific
Dragmacidon condylia		Western Central Pacific
Dragmacidon debitusae		Western Central Pacific
Dragmacidon egregium		Southeast Pacific
Dragmacidon explicatum		Western Central Atlantic
Dragmacidon grayi		Western Central Atlantic
Dragmacidon hendersoni		Southeast Pacific
Dragmacidon raeae		Eastern Pacific
Dragmacidon reticulatum		Western Atlantic and Paci
Dragmaxia undata		Western Central Atlantic
Phakellia atypica		Western Central Pacific
Phakellia carduus		Indo-West Pacific.
Phakellia columnata		Indo-West Pacific
Phakellia folium		North and Eastern Atlanti
Phakellia fusca		Western Central Pacific
Phakellia hirondellei		Northeast Atlantic
Phakellia pulcherrima		Pacific Ocean.	12 DL
Phakellia robusta		Northeast Atlantic
Phakellia stelliderma		Western Central Pacific
Phakellia stipitata		Indo-West Pacific
Phakellia ventilabrum		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Phycopsis aculeata		Eastern Central Pacific
Phycopsis epakros		Western Central Pacific
Phycopsis fusiformis		Western Central Pacific
Phycopsis papillata		Western Central Pacific
Pipestela candelabra		Western Central Pacific.
Pseudaxinella lunaechartia		Western Central Atlantic
Ptilocaulis aulopora		Western Central Atlantic
Ptilocaulis flexibilis		Western Central Pacific
Ptilocaulis marquezii		Western Central Atlantic
Ptilocaulis walpersi		Western Central Atlantic.

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