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Myxilla Schmidt, 1862
AphiaID: 131970

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family)

Status

accepted

Record
status

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Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Halichondria rosacea Lieberkühn, 1859 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Myxillidae Dendy, 1922

Sources

original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Subgenus Myxilla (Burtonanchora) de Laubenfels, 1936

Subgenus Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) Hentschel, 1914

» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis Thiele, 1905
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914)
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886

» Variety Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana var. polysigma Topsent, 1904
» Variety Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana var. tylacantha Hentschel, 1914

» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica Lambe, 1893
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) ramosa (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata Brøndsted, 1924
» Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) patagonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) patagonica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Subgenus Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862

» Subspecies Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans cylindrica Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
» Subspecies Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans gigantea Koltun, 1959
» Variety Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans var. viscosa (Topsent, 1892)

» Variety Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea var. japonica Ridley & Dendy, 1887

Subgenus Myxilla (Styloptilon) Cabioch, 1968

» Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
» Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
» Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata (Cabioch, 1968)
» Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) canepai Schejter, Bertolino, Calcinai, Cerrano & Bremec, 2011

» Variety Myxilla fimbriata var. flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925

Species Myxilla flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla gracilis Lévi, 1965 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis Lévi, 1965 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1906 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla hentscheli Burton, 1929 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla hiradoensis Hoshino, 1981 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) hiradoensis Hoshino, 1981 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)

» Subspecies Myxilla incrustans cylindrica Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans cylindrica Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
» Subspecies Myxilla incrustans gigantea Koltun, 1959 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans gigantea Koltun, 1959
» Subspecies Myxilla incrustans reses (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) reses (Topsent, 1892)
» Variety Myxilla incrustans var. viscosa (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans var. viscosa (Topsent, 1892)

Species Myxilla inequitornota Burton, 1931 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla insolens Koltun, 1964 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens Koltun, 1964 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892) (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla lacunosa Lambe, 1893 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lacunosa Lambe, 1893 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla lissostyla Burton, 1938 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla Burton, 1938 (alternate representation)
Species Myxilla lobatus Hoshino, 1981 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata Hoshino, 1981 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)
Species Myxilla mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (alternate representation, subgenus assignment)

» Variety Myxilla mariana var. massa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
» Variety Myxilla mariana var. polysigma Topsent, 1904 accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana var. polysigma Topsent, 1904
» Variety Myxilla mariana var. tylacantha Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana var. tylacantha Hentschel, 1914

» Variety Myxilla rosacea var. japonica Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea var. japonica Ridley & Dendy, 1887

» Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) flabellata (Koltun, 1959) accepted as Stelodoryx flabellata Koltun, 1959
» Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905) accepted as Stelodoryx pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Myxilla (Stelodoryx) procera Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stelodoryx procera Topsent, 1904

» Variety Myxilla nobilis var. bacillifera Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) nobilis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Variety Myxilla nobilis var. patagonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) patagonica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

Species Myxilla occulta (Bowerbank in Norman, 1869) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) occulta Bowerbank in Norman, 1869
Species Myxilla patagonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) patagonica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Myxilla paucispinata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) paucispinata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Myxilla peachi (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) peachi Bowerbank, 1882
Species Myxilla pecqueryi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Hymenancora pecqueryi (Topsent, 1890)

» Variety Myxilla pecqueryi var. minima Topsent, 1892 accepted as Hymenancora pecqueryi (Topsent, 1890)

Species Myxilla pluridentata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Stelodoryx pluridentata (Lundbeck, 1905)
Species Myxilla proteidea Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Myxilla pulvinar Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Crella (Grayella) pulvinar (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Myxilla pygmaea Burton, 1931 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) pygmaea (Burton, 1931)
Species Myxilla radiata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Eurypon radiatum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Myxilla rubiginosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Crella rubiginosa (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Myxilla simplex (Baer, 1906) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) simplex (Baer, 1906)
Species Myxilla spongiosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Myxilla tenuissima Dendy, 1905 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuissima (Dendy, 1905)
Species Myxilla thela Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Phorbas thela (Vosmaer, 1880)
Species Myxilla thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
Species Myxilla tridens Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)
Species Myxilla variisclera Swartschewsky, 1905 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) variisclera (Swartschewsky, 1905)
Species Myxilla veneta Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) veneta (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Myxilla verrucosa Burton, 1932 accepted as Stelodoryx cribrigera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Myxilla versicolor Topsent, 1893 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) versicolor (Topsent, 1893)

» Variety Myxilla versicolor var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 accepted as Phorbas californiana (de Laubenfels, 1932)

Environment

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

Links

To GenBank
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Myxilla sp. 678)
To ITIS

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131970

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	van Soest, Rob
2005-07-15 06:59:14Z	changed	Espinel, Nadjejda
2007-01-17 11:55:56Z	changed	van Soest, Rob

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Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Myxilla Schmidt, 1862. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131970 on 2013-05-19

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