WoRMS taxon details
Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901)
723279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:723279)
accepted
Species
Lissodendoryx asigmata Topsent, 1901 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901 · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Myxilla (Myxilla) asigmata (Topsent, 1901) · unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
Myxilla asigmata (Topsent, 1901) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Myxilla spongiosa var. asigmata (Topsent, 1901) · unaccepted (subgenus assignment and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): VIII [details]
(of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 18-19 [details]
page(s): VIII [details]
(of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 18-19 [details]
Holotype (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata...
Holotype (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) IRSNB/KBIN POR.038, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Holotype (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) MNHN DT 1981, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723279 on 2026-09-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): VIII [details]
original description (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 18-19 [details]
page(s): VIII [details]
original description (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) Topsent, E. (1901). Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica'en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. <em>Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-54, pls I-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2170
page(s): 18-19 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J. (2007). Sponges of genus <i>Myxilla</i> Schmidt, 1862, collected in Antarctic waters by Spanish Antarctic expeditions. <i>In</i>: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research. Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Livros de Museu Nacional 28, Rio de Janeiro, pp 525-546.
page(s): 529-533 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 529-533 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Göcke, C.; Janussen, D. (2013). Demospongiae of ANT XXIV/2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition—Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3692(1): 28-101., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03692p101f.pdf
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Goodwin, C.E.; Berman, J.; Hendry, K.R. (2019). Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on <em>in situ</em> identification characteristics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4658(3): 461-508., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3
page(s): 494-495 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ríos, P. (2006). Esponjas del Orden Poecilosclerida de las campañas españolas de bentos antártico. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Spain.</em> 552 pp. [In Spanish].
page(s): 251-258 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Goodwin, C.E.; Berman, J.; Hendry, K.R. (2019). Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on <em>in situ</em> identification characteristics. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4658(3): 461-508., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3
page(s): 494-495 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ríos, P. (2006). Esponjas del Orden Poecilosclerida de las campañas españolas de bentos antártico. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela- Spain.</em> 552 pp. [In Spanish].
page(s): 251-258 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) IRSNB/KBIN POR.038, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Holotype (of Lissodendoryx spongiosa var. asigmata Topsent, 1901) MNHN DT 1981, geounit Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
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