Porifera taxon details
Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides (Lévi, 1960)
169422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169422)
accepted
Species
Burtonanchora myxilloides Lévi, 1960 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Myxilla myxilloides (Lévi, 1960) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Burtonanchora myxilloides Lévi, 1960) Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 758, fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 758, fig. 12 [details]
Distribution The exact locality is unknown, but since the paper of Lévi treats sponges from NW Africa it is likely that it occurred in...
Distribution The exact locality is unknown, but since the paper of Lévi treats sponges from NW Africa it is likely that it occurred in Senegal or Mauritania. Van Soest (1993: table 5) lists the species for the Cape Verde Islands based on specimens in the Naturalis (ZMA) collection. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Myxilla (Burtonanchora) myxilloides (Lévi, 1960). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169422 on 2025-04-05
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(of Burtonanchora myxilloides Lévi, 1960) Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 758, fig. 12 [details]
basis of record (of Myxilla myxilloides (Lévi, 1960)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219.
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 758, fig. 12 [details]
basis of record (of Myxilla myxilloides (Lévi, 1960)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219.
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution The exact locality is unknown, but since the paper of Lévi treats sponges from NW Africa it is likely that it occurred in Senegal or Mauritania. Van Soest (1993: table 5) lists the species for the Cape Verde Islands based on specimens in the Naturalis (ZMA) collection. [details]
From editor or global species database
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