''Microxina'' is a genus of
sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
belonging to the family
Niphatidae
Niphatidae is a family of demosponges in the order Haplosclerida, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest. It contains the following genera:
* ''Amphimedon (sponge), Amphimedon'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
* ''Cribrochalina'' Schmidt, 1870
...
.
The species of this genus are found in Southern
South Hemisphere.
Species:
*''
Microxina benedeni''
*''
Microxina charcoti''
*''
Microxina lanceolata''
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Microxina myxa''
*''
Microxina phakellioides''
*''
Microxina sarai''
*''
Microxina simplex''
*''
Microxina subtilis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4115425
Sponges