Myxilla (Myxilla)
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-30
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 (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
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 (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169440 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2019-11-23T14:28:18Z
replaces: 131967
replaces: 196487
replaces: 131923
replaces: 196727
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
class: Demospongiae
family: Myxillidae
genus: Myxilla
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
name published in: Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
name published in: Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1880). The Sponges of the Leyden Museum. 1. The family of the Desmacidinae. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 2: 99-164.
name published in year: 1862
name published in year: 1867
name published in year: 1880
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 131970
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Schmidt, 1862
subgenus: Myxilla
taxon rank: Subgenus
taxonomic status: accepted