1. Genus Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
   1. Species Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
   2. Species Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
   3. Species Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905)
   4. Species Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905)
   5. Species Amphilectus annectens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Megaciella annectens (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
   6. Species Amphilectus challengeri Ridley, 1885 accepted as Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885) (genus transfer)
2. Genus Esperiopsis Carter, 1882
   1. Species Esperiopsis bathyalis Lopes & Hajdu, 2004
   2. Species Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885)
      1. Variety Esperiopsis challengeri var. meangensis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885) (junior synonym)
   3. Species Esperiopsis decora Topsent, 1904
   4. Species Esperiopsis diasolenia Lévi, 1993
   5. Species Esperiopsis flagellum Lundbeck, 1905
   6. Species Esperiopsis flava Lévi, 1993
   7. Species Esperiopsis heardi Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
   8. Species Esperiopsis incognita Stephens, 1916
   9. Species Esperiopsis inodes Lévi, 1993
   10. Species Esperiopsis macrosigma Stephens, 1916
   11. Species Esperiopsis plumosa Tanita, 1965
   12. Species Esperiopsis praedita Topsent, 1890
   13. Species Esperiopsis profunda Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   14. Species Esperiopsis pulchella Ridley & Dendy, 1886
   15. Species Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927)
   16. Species Esperiopsis scotiae Topsent, 1915
   17. Species Esperiopsis strongylophora Vacelet, 1969
   18. Species Esperiopsis villosa (Carter, 1874)
   19. Species Esperiopsis columnata Topsent, 1890 accepted as Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
   20. Species Esperiopsis desmophora Hooper & Lévi, 1989 accepted as Abyssocladia desmophora (Hooper & Lévi, 1989) (genus transfer)
   21. Species Esperiopsis flagrum Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006 accepted as Abyssocladia flagrum (Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006) (genus transfer)
   22. Species Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
   23. Species Esperiopsis glomeris Topsent, 1904 accepted as Echinostylinos glomeris (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
   24. Species Esperiopsis koltuni Ereskovsky & Willenz, 2007 accepted as Abyssocladia koltuni (Ereskovsky & Willenz, 2007) (genus transfer)
   25. Species Esperiopsis pedicellata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905) (genus transfer)
   26. Species Esperiopsis polymorpha Topsent, 1890 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) polymorpha (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
   27. Species Esperiopsis symmetrica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Abyssocladia symmetrica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
   28. Species Esperiopsis typichela Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905) (genus transfer)
3. Genus Semisuberites Carter, 1877
   1. Species Semisuberites cribrosa (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
4. Genus Mycalopsis Topsent, 1927 accepted as Esperiopsis Carter, 1882 (junior synonym)
   1. Species Mycalopsis radiata Topsent, 1927 accepted as Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927) (genus transfer)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

Hentschel, E. (1923). Erste Unterabteilung der Metazoa: Parazoa, Porifera-Schwämme. Pp. 307-418, fig. 288-377. <em>In: Kükenthal, W. &Krumbach, T. (Eds), Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichteder Stämme des Tierreiches. Vol. 1, Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata,Mesozoa. (Walter de Gruyter und Co: Berlin and Leipzig).</em>  [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. Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168337 on 2024-06-12

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168337 on 2024-06-12

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