Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169436 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2009-12-31T14:27:17Z
replaces: 446124
replaces: 192650
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
class: Demospongiae
family: Myxillidae
genus: Myxilla
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Maldonado, M.; Young, C.M. (1998). A new species of Poecilosclerid sponge (Porifera) from bathyal methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 78: 795-806.
name published in year: 1998
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 169427
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
specific epithet: methanophila
subgenus: Ectyomyxilla
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted