Knowledge about marine sponges of Pakistan is extremely limited. During recent collection, a marine sponge Axinella
donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) was collected for the first time from the coast of Pakistan. In addition to their collection
from various places along the coast of Pakistan, this species was photographed by SCUBA divers at Churna Island
along Balochistan coast indicating the diversity of marine life along the coral habitat around this island. Vase sponge
(Axinella donnani) has typical funnel shaped body was observed to different colouration ranging from bright orange to
yellow and even having red tinge. The paper also provides a checklist of known species of sponges from Pakistan
coast.
Muhammad Moazzam, Naseem Moazzam. (2020) A CHECKLIST OF SPONGES FROM PAKISTAN COAST AND FIRST RECORD OF THE OCCURRENCE OF DEMOSPONGE AXINELLA DONNANI (BOWERBANK, 1873), , Volume 17, Issue 1.
