NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Myxillidae
  Suborder - Myxillina
  Order - Poecilosclerida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Myxilla incrustans
      Species - Myxilla fimbriata
      Species - Myxilla elastica
      Species - Myxilla agennes
      Species - Myxilla lacunosa
      Species - Myxilla perspinosa
      Subgenus - Myxilla (Burtonanchora)
      Subgenus - Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla)
      Subgenus - Myxilla (Myxilla)
      Subgenus - Myxilla (Styloptilon)