Myxillidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Myxillidae
Genera (10): Arhythmata – Damiriopsis – Ectyonopsis – Hanstoreia – Hymenancora – Melonanchora – Myxilla – Plocamiancora – Psammochela – Stelodoryx

Name

Myxillidae Dendy, 1922

References

Primary references

• Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.‘Sealark’ in the Indian Ocean. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Volume 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series 18(1): 1–164, pls 1–18.

Additional references

• Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. & van Soest, R.W.M. 1996. A review of Iophonidae, Myxillidae and Tedaniidae occurring in the South East Pacific (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). Revue suisse de Zoologie 103(1): 3–79. BHL Reference page. 
• Santín, A., Uriz, M.J., Cristobo, J., Xavier, J.R. & Ríos, P. 2021. Unique spicules may confound species differentiation: taxonomy and biogeography of Melonanchora Carter, 1874 and two new related genera (Myxillidae: Poecilosclerida) from the Okhotsk Sea. PeerJ 9: e12515. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12515 Reference page. 

Links

• Myxillidae in the World Register of Marine Species