Myxilla

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