1. Subgenus Myxilla (Burtonanchora) de Laubenfels, 1936
   1. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) araucana Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
   2. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901)
   3. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
   4. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera Wilson, 1925
   5. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis (Lévi, 1965)
   6. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   7. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) kobjakovae (Koltun, 1958)
   8. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla Burton, 1938
   9. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides (Lévi, 1960)
   10. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pedunculata Lundbeck, 1905
   11. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pistillaris Topsent, 1916
   12. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) ponceti Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
   13. Species Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963)
2. Subgenus Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) Hentschel, 1914
   1. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905
   2. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) beauchenensis Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
   3. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis Thiele, 1905
   4. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
   5. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929
   6. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
   7. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914)
   8. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   9. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa Ridley & Dendy, 1887
   10. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998)
   11. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica Lambe, 1893
   12. Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata Brøndsted, 1924
3. Subgenus Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
   1. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria de Laubenfels, 1942
   2. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes de Laubenfels, 1930
   3. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) austini Ott, Reiswig, McDaniel & Harbo, 2019
   4. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) australis (Topsent, 1901)
   5. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi Vosmaer, 1885
   6. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata Burton, 1932
   7. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis Lambe, 1895
   8. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia Tanita, 1967
   9. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
   10. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis Sarà, 1978
   11. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988
   12. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   13. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) crassa (Bowerbank, 1875)
   14. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata (Topsent, 1904)
   15. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta Burton, 1954
   16. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905
   17. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica Koltun, 1958
   18. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata Topsent, 1916
   19. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa Levinsen, 1893
   20. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866)
   21. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925
   22. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca (Whitelegge, 1906)
   23. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905
   24. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
   25. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931
   26. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens Koltun, 1964
   27. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906
   28. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892)
   29. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) japonica Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   30. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa Lambe, 1893
   31. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata Hoshino, 1981
   32. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971
   33. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis Dickinson, 1945
   34. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mirabilis (Whitelegge, 1907)
   35. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   36. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) mucronata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
   37. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) nodaspera (Topsent, 1913)
   38. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924
   39. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905
   40. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) producta Hoshino, 1981
   41. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi (Topsent, 1892)
   42. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) pumicea (Whitelegge, 1906)
   43. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) ramosa Kieschnick, 1896
   44. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) reses (Topsent, 1892)
   45. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)
   46. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887
   47. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) setoensis Tanita, 1961
   48. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) seychellensis Thomas, 1981
   49. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) simplex (Baer, 1906)
   50. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii Burton, 1930
   51. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) tarifensis Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996
   52. Species Myxilla (Myxilla) victoriana Dendy, 1896
4. Subgenus Myxilla (Styloptilon) Cabioch, 1968
   1. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
   2. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata (Cabioch, 1968)
   3. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) canepai Schejter, Bertolino, Calcinai, Cerrano & Bremec, 2011
   4. Species Myxilla (Styloptilon) fromontae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
5. Species Myxilla brunnea Hansen, 1885
6. Species Myxilla dendyi Hinde & Holmes, 1892 †
7. Species Myxilla funalis (Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875)
8. Species Myxilla banyulensis Topsent, 1892 accepted as Antho (Antho) morisca (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
9. Species Myxilla involvens Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (genus transfer)
10. Species Myxilla acribria de Laubenfels, 1942 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria de Laubenfels, 1942 (subgenus assignment)
11. Species Myxilla agennes de Laubenfels, 1930 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes de Laubenfels, 1930 (subgenus assignment)
12. Species Myxilla ancorata (Cabioch, 1968) represented as Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata (Cabioch, 1968) (subgenus assignment)
13. Species Myxilla arenaria Dendy, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
14. Species Myxilla asigmata (Topsent, 1901) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
15. Species Myxilla asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 (subgenus assignment)
16. Species Myxilla australis (Topsent, 1901) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) australis (Topsent, 1901) (subgenus assignment)
17. Species Myxilla barentsi Vosmaer, 1885 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi Vosmaer, 1885 (subgenus assignment)
18. Species Myxilla basimucronata Burton, 1932 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata Burton, 1932 (subgenus assignment)
19. Species Myxilla behringensis Lambe, 1895 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis Lambe, 1895 (subgenus assignment)
20. Species Myxilla bivalvia Tanita, 1967 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia Tanita, 1967 (subgenus assignment)
21. Species Myxilla caliciformis Sarà, 1978 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis Sarà, 1978 (subgenus assignment)
22. Species Myxilla chilensis Thiele, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis Thiele, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
23. Species Myxilla columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) columna Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 (subgenus assignment)
24. Species Myxilla compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
25. Species Myxilla crucifera Wilson, 1925 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera Wilson, 1925 (subgenus assignment)
26. Species Myxilla dentata (Topsent, 1904) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
27. Species Myxilla distorta Burton, 1954 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta Burton, 1954 (subgenus assignment)
28. Species Myxilla diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
29. Species Myxilla dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996 (subgenus assignment)
30. Species Myxilla elastica Koltun, 1958 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica Koltun, 1958 (subgenus assignment)
31. Species Myxilla elongata Topsent, 1916 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata Topsent, 1916 (subgenus assignment)
32. Species Myxilla fibrosa Levinsen, 1893 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa Levinsen, 1893 (subgenus transfer)
33. Species Myxilla fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
34. Species Myxilla flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925 (subgenus assignment)
35. Species Myxilla gracilis (Lévi, 1965) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis (Lévi, 1965) (subgenus assignment)
36. Species Myxilla hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
37. Species Myxilla hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1906 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
38. Species Myxilla hentscheli Burton, 1929 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli Burton, 1929 (subgenus assignment)
39. Species Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) (subgenus assignment)
40. Species Myxilla inequitornota Burton, 1931 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931 (subgenus assignment)
41. Species Myxilla insolens Koltun, 1964 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens Koltun, 1964 (subgenus assignment)
42. Species Myxilla iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906 (subgenus assignment)
43. Species Myxilla iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892) (subgenus assignment)
44. Species Myxilla kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) (subgenus assignment)
45. Species Myxilla lacunosa Lambe, 1893 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa Lambe, 1893 (subgenus assignment)
46. Species Myxilla lissostyla Burton, 1938 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla Burton, 1938
47. Species Myxilla macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971 (subgenus assignment)
48. Species Myxilla mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
49. Species Myxilla massa Ridley & Dendy, 1887 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa Ridley & Dendy, 1887 (subgenus assignment)
50. Species Myxilla methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998) represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila (Maldonado & Young, 1998) (subgenus assignment)
51. Species Myxilla mexicensis Dickinson, 1945 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis Dickinson, 1945 (subgenus assignment)
52. Species Myxilla mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (subgenus assignment)
53. Species Myxilla mucronata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) mucronata Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (subgenus assignment)
54. Species Myxilla myxilloides (Lévi, 1960) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides (Lévi, 1960) (subgenus assignment)
55. Species Myxilla novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 (subgenus assignment)
56. Species Myxilla parasitica Lambe, 1893 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica Lambe, 1893 (subgenus assignment)
57. Species Myxilla pedunculata Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pedunculata Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
58. Species Myxilla perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
59. Species Myxilla pistillaris Topsent, 1916 represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pistillaris Topsent, 1916 (subgenus assignment)
60. Species Myxilla productus Hoshino, 1981 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) producta Hoshino, 1981 (subgenus assignment)
61. Species Myxilla prouhoi (Topsent, 1892) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi (Topsent, 1892) (subgenus assignment)
62. Species Myxilla ramosa Kieschnick, 1896 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) ramosa Kieschnick, 1896 (subgenus assignment)
63. Species Myxilla rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) (subgenus assignment)
64. Species Myxilla septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887 (subgenus assignment)
65. Species Myxilla setoensis Tanita, 1961 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) setoensis Tanita, 1961 (subgenus assignment)
66. Species Myxilla seychellensis Thomas, 1981 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) seychellensis Thomas, 1981 (subgenus assignment)
67. Species Myxilla sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963) represented as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963) (subgenus assignment)
68. Species Myxilla simplex (Baer, 1906) represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) simplex (Baer, 1906) (genus transfer)
69. Species Myxilla swartschewskii Burton, 1930 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii Burton, 1930 (subgenus assignment)
70. Species Myxilla tarifensis Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) tarifensis Carballo & García-Goméz, 1996 (subgenus assignment)
71. Species Myxilla tornotata Brøndsted, 1924 represented as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata Brøndsted, 1924 (subgenus assignment)
72. Species Myxilla victoriana Dendy, 1896 represented as Myxilla (Myxilla) victoriana Dendy, 1896 (subgenus assignment)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

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Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
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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 Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131970 on 2025-05-07

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Myxilla Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131970 on 2025-05-07

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