Myxillidae
Encyclopedia
Myxillidae is a family
of marine demosponge
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of marine demosponge
Demosponge
The Demospongiae are the largest class in the phylum Porifera. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges...
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Genera
- Damiriopsis Burton, 1928
- Ectyonopsis Carter, 1883
- Hymenancora Lundbeck, 1910
- Melonanchora Carter, 1874
- Myxilla Schmidt, 1862
- Plocamiancora Topsent, 1927
- Psammochela Dendy, 1916
- Stelodoryx Topsent, 1904