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Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)

Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842)

169466  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169466)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Myxillidae (Family)
  8. Myxilla (Genus)
  9. Myxilla (Myxilla) (Subgenus)
  10. Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Species)
accepted
Species
Amphilectus incrustans (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Dendoryx incrustans (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Dendoryx incrustans var. typica Topsent, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Halichondria candida Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Halichondria robertsoni Bowerbank, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halichondria saburrata Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hastatus robertsoni (Bowerbank, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Myxilla gigas Merejkowsky, 1878 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 122-124 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in North Sea  
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169466 on 2025-07-15
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2010-03-22 19:18:53Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 122-124 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Myxilla gigas Merejkowsky, 1878) Merejkowsky, C. (1877 [1878]). Preliminary account on the sponges of the White Sea. <em>Trudy St. Petersburg Obshestvo.</em> 9: 249-270. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halichondria candida Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 251-252 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halichondria saburrata Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 120-121 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halichondria irregularis Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 252-253 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halichondria batei Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 261-262 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isodictya rugosa Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 331, Pl. XCI 1-5; 332-334; note: illustration of the type specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Isodictya tumulosa Bowerbank, 1874) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 343, Pl. XCII 1-7; 344-346; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halichondria robertsoni Bowerbank, 1882) Bowerbank, J.S.; Norman, A.M. (1882). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 4 (Supplement). (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-250, pls I-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1908675
page(s): 100-102, pl V figd 8-14 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 20; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English yellow lobed spongeRough scallop sponge [from synonym]rough scallop horny sponge [from synonym]encrusting yellow sponge  [details]
French éponge incrustée [from synonym]  [details]
German Grubenschwamm  [details]
Japanese カワツキネンエキカイメン [from synonym]  [details]
Russian Миксилла мозаичная (корковая) [from synonym]  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myxilla gigas Merejkowsky, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Dendoryx incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myxilla incrustans) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria candida Bowerbank, 1866)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Halichondria candida Bowerbank, 1866)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006753.PR) (from synonym Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842))
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