Axoniderma corona 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 corona (Lehnert, Watking & Stone, 2005). Accessed through: WoRMS on 2023-06-05. It is known from type specimens found near the Aleutian Islands.Lehnert, H.; Watling, L.; Stone, R. (2005). Cladorhiza corona sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85: 1359-1366. Accessed via UMaine Digital Commons on 2023-06-05.
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 comes from the Latin , meaning "crown", in reference to the fact that the species' distal appendages resemble a crown.
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