Axoniderma kensmithi 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 kensmithi (Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017). Accessed through WoRMS on 2023-06-05. It is known from type specimens found in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
Etymology The generic name, Axoniderma, 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, kensmithi, was given in honor of Dr. Kenneth L. Smith Jr., a marine biologist and ecologist.Lundsten, L.; Reiswig, H.M.; Austin, W.C. (2017). Three new species of Cladorhiza (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Cladorhizidae) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 4317(2): 247-260., .
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