World Porifera Database - Species - Esperella helios (Fristedt, 1887)

Porifera name details

Esperella helios (Fristedt, 1887)

AphiaID

814732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:814732)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Mycale (Carmia) helios (Fristedt, 1887)

Rank

Species

Parent

Esperella Vosmaer, 1887 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867

Original name

Esperia helios Fristedt, 1887

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Esperia helios Fristedt, 1887) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4. 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 450-451 [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. Esperella helios (Fristedt, 1887). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=814732 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-08-08 18:49:36Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Esperia helios Fristedt, 1887) Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4. 401-471, pls 22-31.
page(s): 450-451 [details]

new combination reference Lambe, L.M. (1894 [1895]). Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 12 (4): 113-138,pls II-IV.
page(s): 117 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records)