Deep-Sea name details
Esperella Vosmaer, 1887
131946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131946)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Genus
- Species Esperella bellabellensis Lambe, 1905 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Esperella biserialis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) biserialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Esperella fascibula Topsent, 1904 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) fascibula (Topsent, 1904) (genus transfer)
- Species Esperella fisheri Laubenfels, 1926 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) loveni (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
- Species Esperella lapidiformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lapidiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Esperella lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
- Species Esperella mammiformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) mammiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer and subgenus assignment)
- Species Esperella placoides (Carter, 1876) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1887). Klassen und Ordnungen der Spongien (Porifera). Pp. i-xii, 1-496, pls I-XXXIV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. 2. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Esperella Vosmaer, 1887. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131946 on 2026-07-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Esperella Vosmaer, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131946 on 2026-07-02
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Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1887). Klassen und Ordnungen der Spongien (Porifera). Pp. i-xii, 1-496, pls I-XXXIV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. 2. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_73 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_73 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. (2002 [2004]). Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
