Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Myxillidae > Genus Myxilla

Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myxilla*	Schmidt, 1862	accepted genus name
*Esperella (Myxilla)*	Schmidt, 1862	original combination

Subgenus group names

*Dendoryx*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Hastatus*	Vosmaer, 1880	synonym

Children

Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria de Laubenfels, 1942
Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi Vosmaer, 1885
Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata (Topsent, 1904)
Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata Lundbeck, 1905
Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa Levinsen, 1893
Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota Rezvoi, 1925
Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata Swartschevsky, 1905
Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota Burton, 1931
Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides Swartschevsky, 1906
Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina (Topsent, 1892)
Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma Boury-Esnault, 1971
Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa Lundbeck, 1905
Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi (Topsent, 1892)
Myxilla (Myxilla) reses (Topsent, 1892)
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859)
Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis Fristedt, 1887

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
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. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).

Genbank

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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169440