Myxilla

''Myxilla'' is a genus of demosponge belonging to the family Myxillidae. These sponges usually form encrustations on rock surfaces.

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus ''Myxilla:''

* Subgenus Myxilla (Burtonanchora) Laubenfels, 1936
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) araucana'' Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata'' (Topsent, 1901)
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica'' Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera'' Wilson, 1925
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis'' (Lévi, 1965)
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata'' Ridley & Dendy, 1886
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla'' Burton, 1938
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides'' (Lévi, 1960)
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pedunculata'' Lundbeck, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pistillaris'' Topsent, 1916
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) ponceti'' Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
** '' Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera'' (Lévi, 1963)
* Subgenus Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) Hentschel, 1914
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria'' Dendy, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) beauchenensis'' Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis'' Thiele, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula'' Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli'' Burton, 1929
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis'' (Hentschel, 1914)
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana'' Ridley & Dendy, 1886
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa'' Ridley & Dendy, 1887
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila'' (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica'' Lambe, 1893
** '' Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata'' Brøndsted, 1924
* Subgenus Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria'' de Laubenfels, 1942
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes'' de Laubenfels, 1930
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) austini'' Ott, Reiswig, McDaniel & Harbo, 2019
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) australis'' (Topsent, 1901)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi'' Vosmaer, 1885
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata'' Burton, 1932
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis'' Lambe, 1895
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia'' Tanita, 1967
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis'' Sarà, 1978
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) columna'' Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa'' Ridley & Dendy, 1886
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) crassa'' (Bowerbank, 1875)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata'' (Topsent, 1904)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta'' Burton, 1954
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata'' Lundbeck, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica'' Koltun, 1958
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata'' Topsent, 1917
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa'' Levinsen, 1893
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata'' (Bowerbank, 1866)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota'' Rezvoi, 1925
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca'' (Whitelegge, 1906)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata'' Swartschevsky, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) hiradoensis'' Hoshino, 1981
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans'' (Johnston, 1842)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota'' Burton, 1931
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens'' Koltun, 1964
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides'' Swartschevsky, 1906
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina'' (Topsent, 1892)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa'' Lambe, 1893
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata'' Hoshino, 1981
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma'' Boury-Esnault, 1971
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis'' Dickinson, 1945
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) mirabilis'' (Whitelegge, 1907)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis'' Ridley & Dendy, 1886
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) mucronata'' Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) nodaspera'' (Topsent, 1913)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) novaezealandiae'' Dendy, 1924
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa'' Lundbeck, 1905
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) producta'' Hoshino, 1981
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi'' (Topsent, 1892)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) pumicea'' (Whitelegge, 1906)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) ramosa'' Kieschnick, 1896
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) reses'' (Topsent, 1892)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea'' (Lieberkühn, 1859)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis'' Fristedt, 1887
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) setoensis'' Tanita, 1961
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) seychellensis'' Thomas, 1981
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) simplex'' (Baer, 1906)
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii'' Burton, 1930
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) tarifensis'' Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996
** '' Myxilla (Myxilla) victoriana'' Dendy, 1896
* Subgenus Myxilla (Styloptilon) Cabioch, 1968
** '' Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota'' Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
** '' Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata'' (Cabioch, 1968)
** '' Myxilla (Styloptilon) canepai'' Schejter, Bertolino, Calcinai, Cerrano & Bremec, 2011
** '' Myxilla (Styloptilon) fromontae'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
* Subgenus unassigned
** '' Myxilla brunnea'' Hansen, 1885
** †'' Myxilla dendyi'' Hinde & Holmes, 1892
** '' Myxilla funalis'' (Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875)

References

''Myxilla''
at Encyclopedia of Life

Poecilosclerida
Taxa named by Eduard Oscar Schmidt

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