Axinella polypoides n.sp. Schmidt, 1862: 60; Topsent, 1934a: 34; Burton, 1957: 30; Hiscock et al., 1983 (1984): 22; Ackers et al., 1985: 93, photos 34, 35, 87, 113.
Isodictya dissimilis n.sp. Bowerbank, 1866: 318; 1874: 139, pl. LV figs. 1-3.
Halichondria distorta n.sp. Bowerbank, 1866: 240, 318; Parfitt, 1868: 12; Bowerbank, 1874: 103, pl. 42.
Axinella dissimilis : Topsent, 1891a: 529; Prenant, 1927: 8; Lévi, 1950b: 11; Lévi and Vacelet, 1958: 243; Borojevic et al., 1968: 11; Cabioch, 1968: 219; Descatoire, 1969a: 187; Könnecker, 1973: 455; Donadey et al., 1990: 259; Ackers et al., 1992: 80, photos 113, 188, 189.
Tragosia polypoides : Stephens, 1917: 14.
Axinella distorta : Arndt, 1935: 88, fig. 187.