WoRMS name details
Esperiopsis desmophora Hooper & Lévi, 1989
168352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168352)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hooper, J.N.A.; Lévi, C. (1989). <i>Esperiopsis desmophora</i> n.sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae): a desma-bearing Poecilosclerida. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 27 (2): 437-441. [details] 
Holotype QM G25001, geounit Coral Sea
Holotype QM G25001, geounit Coral Sea [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. Esperiopsis desmophora Hooper & Lévi, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168352 on 2025-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Hooper, J.N.A.; Lévi, C. (1989). <i>Esperiopsis desmophora</i> n.sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae): a desma-bearing Poecilosclerida. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 27 (2): 437-441. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hestetun, J.T.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Borchiellini, C.; Kelly, M.; Ríos P.; Cristobo, J.; Rapp, H.T. (2016). The systematics of carnivorous sponges. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 94, 327–345., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790315002535
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype QM G25001, geounit Coral Sea [details]
