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Myxilla Schmidt, 1862

Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)

131970  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131970)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Myxillidae (Family)
  8. Myxilla (Genus)
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Esperella (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

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  1. Subgenus Myxilla (Burtonanchora) de Laubenfels, 1936
    1. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) araucana Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
    2. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901)
    3. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
    4. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera Wilson, 1925
    5. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis (Lévi, 1965)
    6. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    7. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) kobjakovae (Koltun, 1958)
    8. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla Burton, 1938
    9. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides (Lévi, 1960)
    10. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pedunculata Lundbeck, 1905
    11. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pistillaris Topsent, 1916
    12. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) ponceti Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
    13. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963)
    14. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lacunosa Lambe, 1893 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa Lambe, 1893 (subgenus transfer)
  2. Subgenus Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) Hentschel, 1914
    1. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905
    2. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) beauchenensis Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
    3. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis Thiele, 1905
    4. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
    5. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929
    6. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    7. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914)
    8. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    9. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa Ridley & Dendy, 1887
    10. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
    11. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica Lambe, 1893
    12. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata Brøndsted, 1924
    13. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) patagonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) patagonica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
    14. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) ramosa (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    15. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tenuissima (Thiele, 1905) accepted as Hymenancora tenuissima (Thiele, 1905)
  3. Subgenus Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
    1. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria de Laubenfels, 1942
    2. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes de Laubenfels, 1930
    3. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) austini Ott, Reiswig, McDaniel & Harbo, 2019
    4. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) australis (Topsent, 1901)
    5. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi Vosmaer, 1885
    6. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata Burton, 1932
    7. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis Lambe, 1895
    8. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia Tanita, 1967
    9. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    10. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis Sarà, 1978
    11. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
    12. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    13. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) crassa (Bowerbank, 1875)
    14. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata (Topsent, 1904)
    15. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta Burton, 1954
    16. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905
    17. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica Koltun, 1958
    18. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata Topsent, 1916
    19. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa Levinsen, 1893
    20. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866)
    21. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925
    22. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca (Whitelegge, 1906)
    23. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905
    24. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
    25. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931
    26. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens Koltun, 1964
    27. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906
    28. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892)
    29. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) japonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    30. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa Lambe, 1893
    31. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata Hoshino, 1981
    32. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971
    33. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis Dickinson, 1945
    34. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mirabilis (Whitelegge, 1907)
    35. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
    36. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mucronata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
    37. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) nodaspera (Topsent, 1913)
    38. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924
    39. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905
    40. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) producta Hoshino, 1981
    41. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi (Topsent, 1892)
    42. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) pumicea (Whitelegge, 1906)
    43. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) ramosa Kieschnick, 1896
    44. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) reses (Topsent, 1892)
    45. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)
    46. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887
    47. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) setoensis Tanita, 1961
    48. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) seychellensis Thomas, 1981
    49. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) simplex (Baer, 1906)
    50. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii Burton, 1930
    51. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) tarifensis Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996
    52. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) victoriana Dendy, 1896
    53. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) asigmata (Topsent, 1901) accepted as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus transfer)
    54. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) dendyi Burton, 1959 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
    55. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fasciculata sensu Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
    56. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) hiradoensis Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) lindgreni (Laubenfels, 1936) (unjustified replacement name)
    57. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) productus Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) producta Hoshino, 1981 (correction of species name to match gender of genus nname)
    58. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) tenuissima Row, 1911 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rowi Van Soest, 2017 (homonym and genus transfer)
  4. Subgenus Myxilla (Styloptilon) Cabioch, 1968
    1. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
    2. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata (Cabioch, 1968)
    3. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) canepai Schejter, Bertolino, Calcinai, Cerrano & Bremec, 2011
    4. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) fromontae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
    5. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) accepted as Myxilla (Styloptilon) fromontae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (junior homonym)
  5. Species Myxilla brunnea Hansen, 1885
  6. Species Myxilla dendyi Hinde & Holmes, 1892 †
  7. Species Myxilla funalis (Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875)
  8. Species Myxilla hamigera Bucchich, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  9. Subgenus Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891 accepted as Iophon Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Myxilla (Pocillon) implicita (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  10. Subgenus Myxilla (Stelodoryx) Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stelodoryx Topsent, 1904 (reverted genus transfer)
    1. Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) cribrigera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Stelodoryx cribrigera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
    2. Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) flabellata (Koltun, 1959) accepted as Stelodoryx flabellata Koltun, 1959 (reverted genus transfer)
    3. Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905) accepted as Stelodoryx pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905)
    4. Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) procera Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stelodoryx procera Topsent, 1904 (reverted genus transfer)
  11. Species Myxilla albula (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Crella (Yvesia) albula (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Myxilla amaknakensis Lambe, 1895 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) amaknakensis (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
  13. Species Myxilla anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) accepted as Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) (junior synonym)
  14. Species Myxilla arborescens Ridley, 1884 accepted as Phorbas arborescens (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Myxilla arcitenens Topsent, 1892 accepted as Antho (Antho) arcitenens (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
  16. Species Myxilla arctica (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Crella (Yvesia) pyrula (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  17. Species Myxilla armata (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Phorbas armatus (Schmidt, 1868)
  18. Species Myxilla banyulensis Topsent, 1892 accepted as Antho (Antho) morisca (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  19. Species Myxilla bihamigera (Waller, 1878) accepted as Phorbas bihamiger (Waller, 1878) (genus transfer)
  20. Species Myxilla californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Phorbas californianus (de Laubenfels, 1932) (genus transfer)
  21. Species Myxilla cratera Row, 1911 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) cratera (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Myxilla crelloides Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) crelloides (Brøndsted, 1924) (genus transfer)
  23. Species Myxilla cribrigera Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Stelodoryx cribrigera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  24. Species Myxilla decepta Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) decepta (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (genus transfer)
  25. Species Myxilla dendyi Burton, 1959 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  26. Species Myxilla digitata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) digitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  27. Species Myxilla exigua Hansen, 1885 accepted as Crella (Yvesia) albula (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  28. Species Myxilla fasciculata sensu Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (junior synonym)
  29. Species Myxilla firma Lambe, 1895 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) firma (Lambe, 1895) (genus transfer)
  30. Species Myxilla flabelliformis Hansen, 1885 accepted as Dendoricella flabelliformis (Hansen, 1885) (genus transfer)
  31. Species Myxilla forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  32. Species Myxilla frondosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) frondosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  33. Species Myxilla fusca Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) fusca (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  34. Species Myxilla fusifera Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Phorbas fusifer (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) (genus transfer)
  35. Species Myxilla gigas Merejkowsky, 1878 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (junior synonym)
  36. Species Myxilla granulata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  37. Species Myxilla grata Thiele, 1903 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) grata (Thiele, 1903) (genus transfer)
  38. Species Myxilla grisea Hansen, 1885 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) grisea (Hansen, 1885) (genus transfer)
  39. Species Myxilla hiradoensis Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) lindgreni (Laubenfels, 1936) (unjustified replacement name)
  40. Species Myxilla involvens Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (genus transfer)
  41. Species Myxilla jacksoniana Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) jacksoniana (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  42. Species Myxilla jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866)
  43. Species Myxilla lobatus Hoshino, 1981 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata Hoshino, 1981 (correction of species name to match gender of genus name and subgenus assignment)
  44. Species Myxilla lundbecki Breitfuss, 1912 accepted as Plocamionida ambigua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  45. Species Myxilla lurida (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
  46. Species Myxilla magna Topsent, 1916 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (junior synonym)
  47. Species Myxilla nobilis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) nobilis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  48. Species Myxilla occulta (Bowerbank in Norman, 1869) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869 (genus transfer)
  49. Species Myxilla patagonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) patagonica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  50. Species Myxilla paucispinata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) paucispinata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
  51. Species Myxilla paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) paupertas (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  52. Species Myxilla peachi (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachii Bowerbank, 1882 (genus transfer)
  53. Species Myxilla pecqueryi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Hymenancora pecqueryi (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
  54. Species Myxilla pectinata (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Stelodoryx pectinata (Topsent, 1890)
  55. Species Myxilla plumosa (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814)
  56. Species Myxilla pluridentata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Stelodoryx pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905) (genus transfer)
  57. Species Myxilla proteidea Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  58. Species Myxilla pulvinar Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Crella (Grayella) pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
  59. Species Myxilla pygmaea Burton, 1931 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) pygmaea (Burton, 1931) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Myxilla radiata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Eurypon radiatum (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Myxilla ramosa (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  62. Species Myxilla rubiginosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Crella rubiginosa (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
  63. Species Myxilla schmidti (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  64. Species Myxilla spongiosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (junior synonym)
  65. Species Myxilla tenuissima Dendy, 1905 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuissima (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
  66. Species Myxilla tenuissima Row, 1911 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) rowi Van Soest, 2017 (homonymy and genus transfer)
  67. Species Myxilla thela Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Phorbas thela (Vosmaer, 1880) (genus transfer)
  68. Species Myxilla thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  69. Species Myxilla tridens Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
  70. Species Myxilla variisclera Swartschewsky, 1905 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) variisclera (Swartschewsky, 1905) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Myxilla veneta Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
  72. Species Myxilla verrucosa Burton, 1932 accepted as Stelodoryx cribrigera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  73. Species Myxilla versicolor Topsent, 1893 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) versicolor (Topsent, 1893) (genus transfer)
  74. Species Myxilla acribria de Laubenfels, 1942 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria de Laubenfels, 1942 (subgenus assignment)
  75. Species Myxilla agennes de Laubenfels, 1930 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes de Laubenfels, 1930 (subgenus assignment)
  76. Species Myxilla ancorata (Cabioch, 1968) represented as Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata (Cabioch, 1968) (subgenus assignment)
  77. Species Myxilla arenaria Dendy, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  78. Species Myxilla asigmata (Topsent, 1901) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
  79. Species Myxilla asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 (subgenus assignment)
  80. Species Myxilla australis (Topsent, 1901) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) australis (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
  81. Species Myxilla barentsi Vosmaer, 1885 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi Vosmaer, 1885 (subgenus assignment)
  82. Species Myxilla basimucronata Burton, 1932 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata Burton, 1932 (subgenus assignment)
  83. Species Myxilla behringensis Lambe, 1895 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis Lambe, 1895 (subgenus assignment)
  84. Species Myxilla bivalvia Tanita, 1967 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia Tanita, 1967 (subgenus assignment)
  85. Species Myxilla caliciformis Sarà, 1978 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis Sarà, 1978 (subgenus assignment)
  86. Species Myxilla chilensis Thiele, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis Thiele, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  87. Species Myxilla columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 (subgenus assignment)
  88. Species Myxilla compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
  89. Species Myxilla crucifera Wilson, 1925 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera Wilson, 1925 (subgenus assignment)
  90. Species Myxilla dentata (Topsent, 1904) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  91. Species Myxilla distorta Burton, 1954 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta Burton, 1954 (subgenus assignment)
  92. Species Myxilla diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  93. Species Myxilla dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 (subgenus assignment)
  94. Species Myxilla elastica Koltun, 1958 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica Koltun, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
  95. Species Myxilla elongata Topsent, 1916 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata Topsent, 1916 (subgenus assignment)
  96. Species Myxilla fibrosa Levinsen, 1893 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa Levinsen, 1893 (subgenus transfer)
  97. Species Myxilla fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
  98. Species Myxilla flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 (subgenus assignment)
  99. Species Myxilla gracilis (Lévi, 1965) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis (Lévi, 1965) (subgenus assignment)
  100. Species Myxilla hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
  101. Species Myxilla hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1906 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  102. Species Myxilla hentscheli Burton, 1929 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929 (subgenus assignment)
  103. Species Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (subgenus assignment)
  104. Species Myxilla inequitornota Burton, 1931 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931 (subgenus assignment)
  105. Species Myxilla insolens Koltun, 1964 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens Koltun, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
  106. Species Myxilla iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  107. Species Myxilla iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  108. Species Myxilla kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  109. Species Myxilla lacunosa Lambe, 1893 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  110. Species Myxilla lissostyla Burton, 1938 (alternative representation)
  111. Species Myxilla macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  112. Species Myxilla mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  113. Species Myxilla massa Ridley & Dendy, 1887 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  114. Species Myxilla methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  115. Species Myxilla mexicensis Dickinson, 1945 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  116. Species Myxilla mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  117. Species Myxilla mucronata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  118. Species Myxilla myxilloides (Lévi, 1960) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  119. Species Myxilla novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  120. Species Myxilla parasitica Lambe, 1893 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  121. Species Myxilla pedunculata Lundbeck, 1905 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  122. Species Myxilla perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  123. Species Myxilla pistillaris Topsent, 1916 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  124. Species Myxilla productus Hoshino, 1981 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  125. Species Myxilla prouhoi (Topsent, 1892) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  126. Species Myxilla ramosa Kieschnick, 1896 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  127. Species Myxilla rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  128. Species Myxilla septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  129. Species Myxilla setoensis Tanita, 1961 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  130. Species Myxilla seychellensis Thomas, 1981 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  131. Species Myxilla sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963) (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  132. Species Myxilla simplex (Baer, 1906) (alternative representation, genus transfer)
  133. Species Myxilla swartschewskii Burton, 1930 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  134. Species Myxilla tarifensis Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  135. Species Myxilla tornotata Brøndsted, 1924 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
  136. Species Myxilla victoriana Dendy, 1896 (alternative representation, subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 71 [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Esperella (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI.
page(s): 360 [details] OpenAccess publication
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 Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131970 on 2026-01-16
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original description Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 71 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Esperella (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI.
page(s): 360 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (PeRMS) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). A review of Iophonidae, Myxillidae and Tedaniidae occurring in the South East Pacific (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 103 (1): 3-79. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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