Myxilla is a genus of demosponge belonging to the family Myxillidae. These sponges usually form encrustations on rock surfaces.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Myxilla:
- Subgenus Myxilla (Burtonanchora) <small>Laubenfels, 1936</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) araucana <small>Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asigmata <small>(Topsent, 1901)</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) asymmetrica <small>Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) crucifera <small>Wilson, 1925</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) gracilis <small>(Lévi, 1965)</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) hastata <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1886</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) lissostyla <small>Burton, 1938</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides <small>(Lévi, 1960)</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pedunculata <small>Lundbeck, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) pistillaris <small>Topsent, 1916</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) ponceti <small>Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012</small>
- Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera <small>(Lévi, 1963)</small>
- Subgenus Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) <small>Hentschel, 1914</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria <small>Dendy, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) beauchenensis <small>Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) chilensis <small>Thiele, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) dracula <small>Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) hentscheli <small>Burton, 1929</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) janeae <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis <small>(Hentschel, 1914)</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1886</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) massa <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1887</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) methanophila <small>(Maldonado & Young, 1998)</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) parasitica <small>Lambe, 1893</small>
- Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) tornotata <small>Brøndsted, 1924</small>
- Subgenus Myxilla (Myxilla) <small>Schmidt, 1862</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) acribria <small>de Laubenfels, 1942</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) agennes <small>de Laubenfels, 1930</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) austini <small>Ott, Reiswig, McDaniel & Harbo, 2019</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) australis <small>(Topsent, 1901)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) barentsi <small>Vosmaer, 1885</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) basimucronata <small>Burton, 1932</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) behringensis <small>Lambe, 1895</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) bivalvia <small>Tanita, 1967</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) burtoni <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) caliciformis <small>SarÃÂ , 1978</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) columna <small>Bergquist & Fromont, 1988</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) compressa <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1886</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) crassa <small>(Bowerbank, 1875)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) dentata <small>(Topsent, 1904)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) distorta <small>Burton, 1954</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) diversiancorata <small>Lundbeck, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) elastica <small>Koltun, 1958</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) elongata <small>Topsent, 1917</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) fibrosa <small>Levinsen, 1893</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) fimbriata <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) flexitornota <small>Rezvoi, 1925</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) hastatispiculata <small>Swartschevsky, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) hiradoensis <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans <small>(Johnston, 1842)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) inequitornota <small>Burton, 1931</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) insolens <small>Koltun, 1964</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) iophonoides <small>Swartschevsky, 1906</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) iotrochotina <small>(Topsent, 1892)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) lacunosa <small>Lambe, 1893</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) lobata <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) macrosigma <small>Boury-Esnault, 1971</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis <small>Dickinson, 1945</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) mirabilis <small>(Whitelegge, 1907)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1886</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) mucronata <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1986</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) nodaspera <small>(Topsent, 1913)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) novaezealandiae <small>Dendy, 1924</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) perspinosa <small>Lundbeck, 1905</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) producta <small>Hoshino, 1981</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi <small>(Topsent, 1892)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) pumicea <small>(Whitelegge, 1906)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) ramosa <small>Kieschnick, 1896</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) reses <small>(Topsent, 1892)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea <small>(Lieberkühn, 1859)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) septentrionalis <small>Fristedt, 1887</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) setoensis <small>Tanita, 1961</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) seychellensis <small>Thomas, 1981</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) simplex <small>(Baer, 1906)</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) swartschewskii <small>Burton, 1930</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) tarifensis <small>Carballo & GarcÃÂa-Goméz, 1996</small>
- Myxilla (Myxilla) victoriana <small>Dendy, 1896</small>
- Subgenus Myxilla (Styloptilon) <small>Cabioch, 1968</small>
- Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota <small>Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011</small>
- Myxilla (Styloptilon) ancorata <small>(Cabioch, 1968)</small>
- Myxilla (Styloptilon) canepai <small>Schejter, Bertolino, Calcinai, Cerrano & Bremec, 2011</small>
- Myxilla (Styloptilon) fromontae <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Subgenus unassigned
- Myxilla brunnea <small>Hansen, 1885</small>
- â Myxilla dendyi <small>Hinde & Holmes, 1892</small>
- Myxilla funalis <small>(Bowerbank in Jeffreys & Norman, 1875)</small>
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