World Porifera Database - Species - Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874

Porifera name details

Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874

AphiaID

191146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191146)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Lycopodina cupressiformis (Carter, 1874)

Rank

Species

Parent

Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867

Original name

Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874

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Variety Esperia cupressiformis var. bihamatifera Carter, 1876 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bihamatifera (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety Esperia cupressiformis var. hamatifera Carter, 1876 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) bihamatifera (Carter, 1876) (misspelling and junior synonym and genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 215-217 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Faroe Plateau

type locality contained in Faroe Plateau [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191146 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-05-24 12:36:33Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2017-07-25 11:27:58Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964
page(s): 215-217 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype BMNH 82.7.28.43, geounit Faroe Plateau [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins)