Axoniderma poritea is a species of demosponge in the family Cladorhizidae.de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; 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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Axoniderma poritea Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020. Accessed through: WoRMS on 2023-06-05. It is known from type specimens found on the east coast of Australia.Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D., Hooper, J.N.A. (2020). Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa. 4774 (1): 1–159.
Etymology The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek (), "wheel", and (), "skin".Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 344, 493. The specific epithet was given due to the fact that, when looked at from above, the shape of the species' pseudoamphiasters resemble the corallites of the genus of coral Porites.
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