Deep-Sea name details
Myxilla methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
192650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192650)
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ectyomyxilla methanophila Maldonado & Young, 1998) Maldonado, M.; Young, C.M. (1998). A new species of Poecilosclerid sponge (Porifera) from bathyal methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78: 795-806., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400044787
page(s): 798-801 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 798-801 [details] Available for editors
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; 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.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Myxilla methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192650 on 2026-10-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Myxilla methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192650 on 2026-10-08
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(of Ectyomyxilla methanophila Maldonado & Young, 1998) Maldonado, M.; Young, C.M. (1998). A new species of Poecilosclerid sponge (Porifera) from bathyal methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78: 795-806., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400044787
page(s): 798-801 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 798-801 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
