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

Myxilla brunnea Hansen, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology. 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map.
basis of record	Lundbeck, W. (1905). Porifera. (Part II.) Desmacidonidae. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6(2):1-219.
additional source	Rezvoi, P. (1928). Contribution to the fauna of Porifera in the Barents Sea. Transactions of the Institute for the scientific exploration of the North. 37: 67-95 (in Russian with English summary).
additional source	Hentschel, E. (1929). Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme des Nördlichen Eismeers. Pp. 857-1042, pls XII-XIV. In: Römer, F., Schaudinn, F., Brauer, A. & Arndt, W. (Eds), Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. 5 (4) (G.Fischer, Jena).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk. 67: 1-365.
additional source	Rezvoi, P. (1924). Contribution towards the sponge fauna of the Kara and Barents Seas (In Russian with English summary). Bulletin de l'Institut Lesshaft. 8: 241-250.

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 brunnea Hansen, 1885. 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:133874