Axinellida

{{Short description|Order of sponges}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Axinella polypoides by Line1.jpg

| image_alt = "Axinella polypoides"

| image_caption = Axinella polypoides

| taxon = Axinellida

| authority = Lévi, 1953Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Lévi, C. 1953a. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des sciences. Paris 236(8), pages 853-855

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision =

}}

Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The order contains the families Axinellidae, Heteroxyidae, Raspailiidae, and Stelligeridae.

References

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  • Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(1), pages 174-190., {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016}}