World Porifera Database - Species - Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891

Porifera name details

Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891

AphiaID

884636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884636)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Iophon Gray, 1867

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Isodictya implicita Bowerbank, 1882 accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Myxilla Schmidt, 1862

Original name

Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891

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Species Myxilla (Pocillon) implicita (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=884636 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-09-12 10:43:42Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)

original description Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]