WoRMS taxon details
Lycopodina cupressiformis (Carter, 1874)
863524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863524)
accepted
Species
Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874) · unaccepted
Cladorhiza cupressiformis (Carter, 1874) · unaccepted
Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874) 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.
page(s): 215-217 [details]
page(s): 215-217 [details]
Type locality contained in Faroe Plateau
type locality contained in Faroe Plateau [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Lycopodina cupressiformis (Carter, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863524 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874) 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.
page(s): 215-217 [details]
basis of record Hestetun, J.T.; Tompkins-Macdonald, G.; Rapp, H.T. (2017). A review of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from the Boreal North Atlantic and Arctic. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 181, 1-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw022
page(s): 38-43 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 215-217 [details]
basis of record Hestetun, J.T.; Tompkins-Macdonald, G.; Rapp, H.T. (2017). A review of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from the Boreal North Atlantic and Arctic. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 181, 1-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw022
page(s): 38-43 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Morozov, G.; Sabirov, R.; Zimina, O. (2019). Sponge fauna of the New Siberian Shoal: biodiversity and some features of formation. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 52 (47-48): 2961-2992., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2018.1554166
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors

additional source Morozov, G.; Sabirov, R.; Zimina, O. (2019). Sponge fauna of the New Siberian Shoal: biodiversity and some features of formation. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 52 (47-48): 2961-2992., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2018.1554166
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors






Syntype (of Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874) BMNH 82.7.28.43, geounit Faroe Plateau [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asbestopluma cupressiformis) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asbestopluma cupressiformis) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Asbestopluma cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874)
To PESI (from synonym Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874))