Myxilla fromontae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Myxillidae
Genus: Myxilla
Subgenus: Myxilla (Styloptilon)
Species: Myxilla fromontae

Name

Myxilla fromontae Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 [nomen novum]

• Holotype: NMNZ Por. 100.
• Type locality: “Canyons, Leigh, 18 m”.

Synonyms

• Pronax anchorata Bergquist & Fromont, 1988: 72 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Styloptilon ancoratum Cabioch, 1968]
  • Holotype: NMNZ Por. 100.
  • Type locality: “Canyons, Leigh, 18 m”.

References

Primary references

• Bergquist, P.R. & Fromont, P.J. 1988. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96: 1−197. PDF Reference page. 
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Butler, P.J. 2020. Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa 4745(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 Reference page.