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Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923 
AphiaID: 168337

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Mycalina
Sources  original description: Hentschel, E. 1923. Erste Unterabteilung der Metazoa: Parazoa, Porifera-Schwämme. Pp. 307-418, fig. 288-377. 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 Leipzi [details]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 656-664. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2012. Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 18: 1-21. [details]

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[hide all]		 Genus Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
  » Species Amphilectus americanus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
» Species Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
» Species Amphilectus dactylus Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
» Species Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
  » Subspecies Amphilectus digitatus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
» Subspecies Amphilectus digitatus infundibulus (Koltun, 1958)
» Species Amphilectus flabellatus Burton, 1932
» Species Amphilectus fleecei Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
» Species Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Amphilectus glaber (Brøndsted, 1924)
» Species Amphilectus informis (Stephens, 1915)
» Species Amphilectus laxus (Lambe, 1893)
» Species Amphilectus lesliei (Uriz, 1988)
» Species Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1818)
» Species Amphilectus munitus Whitelegge, 1907
» Species Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Amphilectus rugosus (Thiele, 1905)
» Species Amphilectus strepsichelifer Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
» Species Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Amphilectus unciger (Topsent, 1928)
» Species Amphilectus utriculus Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
» Species Amphilectus annectens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Megaciella annectens (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Amphilectus apollinis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Artemisina apollinis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Amphilectus armatus (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)
» Species Amphilectus caducum (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) caduca (Schmidt, 1868)
» Species Amphilectus ceratosus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Tedaniphorbas ceratosus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Amphilectus challengeri Ridley, 1885 accepted as Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885)
  » Variety Amphilectus challengeri var. meangensis Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Esperiopsis challengeri var. meangensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
» Species Amphilectus dubius (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Amphilectus edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Amphilectus foliata (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866)
» Species Amphilectus gerzensteini Swartschevsky, 1906 accepted as Crella gerzensteini (Swartschevsky, 1906)
» Species Amphilectus gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Amphilectus hispidulus Ridley, 1884 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) hispidula (Ridley, 1884)
» Species Amphilectus imitatus (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Amphilectus incrustans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
» Species Amphilectus laciniosa (Bowerbank in Norman, 1869) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866)
» Species Amphilectus lobata (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1818)
» Species Amphilectus mutilus (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866)
» Species Amphilectus osculosus Topsent, 1892 accepted as Phorbas osculosus (Topsent, 1892)
» Species Amphilectus papillatus Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Esperiopsis papillata (Vosmaer, 1880)
» Species Amphilectus pilosus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Megaciella pilosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Amphilectus strongylatus Alander, 1942 accepted as Esperiopsis strongylatus (Alander, 1942)
» Species Amphilectus svarchevskyi de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)
» Species Amphilectus tibiellifer Ridley, 1884 accepted as Megaciella tibiellifera (Ridley, 1884)
» Species Amphilectus unguiculatus Dendy, 1922 accepted as Monanchora unguiculata (Dendy, 1922)
Genus Esperiopsis Carter, 1882
  » Species Esperiopsis bathyalis Lopes & Hajdu, 2004
» Species Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885)
  » Variety Esperiopsis challengeri var. meangensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
» Species Esperiopsis chindoensis Sim, 1995
» Species Esperiopsis cimensis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
» Species Esperiopsis crassofibrosa Brøndsted, 1924
» Species Esperiopsis decora Topsent, 1904
» Species Esperiopsis desmophora Hooper & Lévi, 1988
» Species Esperiopsis diasolenia Lévi, 1993
» Species Esperiopsis ferruginea Whitelegge, 1906
» Species Esperiopsis flagellum Lundbeck, 1905
» Species Esperiopsis flagrum Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006
» Species Esperiopsis flava Lévi, 1993
» Species Esperiopsis heardi Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
» Species Esperiopsis incognita Stephens, 1916
» Species Esperiopsis inodes Lévi, 1993
» Species Esperiopsis koltuni Ereskovsky & Willenz, 2007
» Species Esperiopsis lingua (Koltun, 1970)
» Species Esperiopsis macrosigma Stephens, 1916
  » Variety Esperiopsis macrosigma var. novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924
» Species Esperiopsis magnifolia Lévi, 1993
» Species Esperiopsis megachela Dendy, 1924
» Species Esperiopsis papillata (Vosmaer, 1880)
» Species Esperiopsis plumosa Tanita, 1965
» Species Esperiopsis polymorpha Topsent, 1890
» Species Esperiopsis praedita Topsent, 1890
» Species Esperiopsis profunda Ridley & Dendy, 1886
» Species Esperiopsis pulchella Ridley & Dendy, 1886
» Species Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927)
» Species Esperiopsis scotiae Topsent, 1915
» Species Esperiopsis stipula Koltun, 1958
» Species Esperiopsis strongylatus (Alander, 1942)
» Species Esperiopsis strongylophora Vacelet, 1969
» Species Esperiopsis varia Sarà, 1978
» Species Esperiopsis variussigma Hoshino, 1981
» Species Esperiopsis villosa (Carter, 1874)
» Species Esperiopsis dianae (Schmidt, 1870) (species inquirenda)
» Species Esperiopsis artemisinae Brøndsted, 1932 accepted as Antho (Antho) dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
» Species Esperiopsis canaliculata Whitelegge, 1906 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) canaliculata (Whitelegge, 1906)
» Species Esperiopsis clarkei (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1818)
» Species Esperiopsis columnata Topsent, 1890 accepted as Amphilectus columnatus (Topsent, 1890)
» Species Esperiopsis cylindrica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) cylindrica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Esperiopsis digitata (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) accepted as Amphilectus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
  » Subspecies Esperiopsis digitata digitata Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 accepted as Amphilectus digitatus digitatus (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
» Subspecies Esperiopsis digitata infundibula Koltun, 1958 accepted as Amphilectus digitatus infundibulus (Koltun, 1958)
» Species Esperiopsis dubia (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis edwardii (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
  » Variety Esperiopsis edwardii var. americana Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Amphilectus americanus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
» Species Esperiopsis foliata (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) barleei (Bowerbank, 1866)
» Species Esperiopsis forcipula Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipula (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Esperiopsis fragilis Verrill, 1907 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) isodictyalis (Carter, 1882)
» Species Esperiopsis fucorum (Esper, 1794) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis glaber Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Amphilectus glaber (Brøndsted, 1924)
» Species Esperiopsis glomeris Topsent, 1904 accepted as Echinostylinos glomeris (Topsent, 1904)
» Species Esperiopsis gracilis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis hispidula (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) hispidula (Ridley, 1884)
  » Variety Esperiopsis hispidula var. ramosa Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) hispidula (Ridley, 1884)
» Species Esperiopsis informis Stephens, 1915 accepted as Amphilectus informis (Stephens, 1915)
» Species Esperiopsis involuta (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis laxa Lambe, 1893 accepted as Amphilectus laxus (Lambe, 1893)
» Species Esperiopsis lesliei Uriz, 1988 accepted as Amphilectus lesliei (Uriz, 1988)
» Species Esperiopsis lobata (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1818)
» Species Esperiopsis normani (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis obliqua George & Wilson, 1919 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) obliqua (George & Wilson, 1919)
» Species Esperiopsis originalis de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) originalis (de Laubenfels, 1930)
» Species Esperiopsis paupera (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis pedicellata Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Amphilectus pedicellatus (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Esperiopsis quatsinoensis Lambe, 1893 accepted as Isodictya quatsinoensis (Lambe, 1893)
» Species Esperiopsis rigida Lambe, 1893 accepted as Isodictya rigida (Lambe, 1893)
» Species Esperiopsis rugosa Thiele, 1905 accepted as Amphilectus rugosus (Thiele, 1905)
  » Variety Esperiopsis rugosa var. major Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Amphilectus rugosus (Thiele, 1905)
» Species Esperiopsis schmidti Arnesen, 1903 accepted as Echinostylinos schmidti (Arnesen, 1903)
» Species Esperiopsis schmidtii Arnesen, 1903 accepted as Echinostylinos schmidti (Arnesen, 1903)
» Species Esperiopsis symmetrica Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) symmetrica (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
» Species Esperiopsis thompsoni (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Amphilectus fucorum (Esper, 1794)
» Species Esperiopsis typichela Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Amphilectus typichela (Lundbeck, 1905)
» Species Esperiopsis uncigera Topsent, 1928 accepted as Amphilectus unciger (Topsent, 1928)
» Species Esperiopsis vancouverensis Lambe, 1893 accepted as Isodictya vancouverensis (Lambe, 1893)
» Species Esperiopsis viridis Kieschnick, 1900 accepted as Monanchora viridis (Kieschnick, 1900)
Genus Semisuberites Carter, 1877
  » Species Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
» Species Semisuberites arctica Carter, 1877 accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Genus Ulosa de Laubenfels, 1936
  » Species Ulosa ada (de Laubenfels, 1954)
» Species Ulosa angulosa (Lamarck, 1814)
» Species Ulosa capblancensis Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
» Species Ulosa elongata (Lamarck, 1814)
» Species Ulosa incrustans (Burton, 1930)
» Species Ulosa jullieni (Topsent, 1892)
» Species Ulosa longimycalostylifera Mothes, Hajdu, Lerner & van Soest, 2004
» Species Ulosa monticulosa (Verrill, 1907)
» Species Ulosa pacifica Van Soest, Kaiser & Van Syoc, 2011
» Species Ulosa plana Cuartas, 1995
» Species Ulosa rhoda de Laubenfels, 1957
» Species Ulosa scariola (Lamarck, 1814)
» Species Ulosa spongia de Laubenfels, 1954
» Species Ulosa stuposa (Esper, 1794)
» Species Ulosa tenellula Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
» Species Ulosa tubulata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
» Species Ulosa arenosa Rützler, 1981 accepted as Dictyonella arenosa (Rützler, 1981)
» Species Ulosa bermuda (de Laubenfels, 1950) accepted as Strongylacidon bermuda (de Laubenfels, 1950)
» Species Ulosa digitata (Schmidt, 1866) accepted as Ulosa stuposa (Esper, 1794)
» Species Ulosa funicularis Rützler, 1981 accepted as Dictyonella funicularis (Rützler, 1981)
» Species Ulosa hispida Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Scopalina hispida (Hechtel, 1965)
» Species Ulosa rubra Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 accepted as Scopalina rubra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971)
» Species Ulosa ruetzleri Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Scopalina ruetzleri (Wiedenmayer, 1977)
» Species Ulosa topsenti (Arnesen, 1932) accepted as Ulosa stuposa (Esper, 1794)

Genus Brondstedia Burton, 1929 accepted as Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
  » Species Brondstedia glaber (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Amphilectus glaber (Brøndsted, 1924)
Genus Corybas Gray, 1867 accepted as Amphilectus Vosmaer, 1880
  » Species Corybas lobatus (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Amphilectus lobatus (Montagu, 1818)
Genus Mycalopsis Topsent, 1927 accepted as Esperiopsis Carter, 1882
  » Species Mycalopsis lingua Koltun, 1970 accepted as Esperiopsis lingua (Koltun, 1970)
» Species Mycalopsis radiata Topsent, 1927 accepted as Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927)
Genus Siphonocalypta Burton, 1931 accepted as Semisuberites Carter, 1877
  » Species Siphonocalypta elegans (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Genus Stylaxia Topsent, 1913 accepted as Semisuberites Carter, 1877
  » Species Stylaxia sluiteri (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
» Species Stylaxia variabilis (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Semisuberites cribrosa (Micklucho-Maclay, 1870)
Genus Stylaxinella Vacelet, 1960 accepted as Ulosa de Laubenfels, 1936
  » Species Stylaxinella bistyla Hechtel, 1983 accepted as Ptilocaulis bistyla (Hechtel, 1983)
» Species Stylaxinella braziliensis Hechtel, 1983 accepted as Ptilocaulis braziliensis (Hechtel, 1983)
» Species Stylaxinella stuposa (Esper, 1794) accepted as Ulosa stuposa (Esper, 1794)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168337
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168337 on 2013-05-21
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