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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Myxillidae

Genus: Myxilla

(See list of species below)

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32 species (see list below)
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Myxilla acribria
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Myxilla agennes
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Myxilla arenaria
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Myxilla asigmata
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Myxilla barentsi
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Myxilla basimucronata
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Myxilla brunnea
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Myxilla burtoni
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Myxilla chilensis
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Myxilla dendyi
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Myxilla elastica
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Myxilla elongata
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Myxilla fimbriata
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Myxilla flexitornota
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Myxilla fromontae
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Myxilla hastatispiculata
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Myxilla hentscheli
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Greenfield, Jim

Pacific Ocean, Northern A
Max. Length 1 cm H
Myxilla incrustans(Esper, 1805)

Photo by Greenfield, Jim
 
Myxilla incrustans
[Rough scallop sponge]
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Myxilla iophonoides
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Myxilla iotrochotina
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Myxilla janeae
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Myxilla kerguelensis
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Max. Length 12.5 cm H
 
Myxilla lacunosa
[Sulphur horny sponge]
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Myxilla lissostyla
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Myxilla macrosigma
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Myxilla mariana
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Myxilla methanophila
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Myxilla mollis
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Myxilla pedunculata
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Myxilla perspinosa
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Myxilla ramosa
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Myxilla rosacea
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    • Max. Length
    • Year



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