Galapagos Species Database
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Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Myxillidae
Genus
Myxilla (Myxilla)
Species
mexicensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Myxilla mexicensis Dickinson, 1945 (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Kicker Roc-San Cristobal, Isabela, Santiago, Santa Cruz of Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myxilla (Myxilla) mexicensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16347. Accessed 2 November 2026.