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Esperella spongiosa Dendy, 1896 
AphiaID: 191120

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Esperella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mycale (Arenochalina) mirabilis (Lendenfeld, 1887)
Rank Species
Parent Esperella Vosmaer, 1887 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1896. Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series) 8: 14-51. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes  Syntype: NMV (see Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 293) [details]

Type locality: Port Philip Heads, Victoria, South Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191120
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-06 09:34:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Esperella spongiosa Dendy, 1896. 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=191120 on 2013-05-20
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