Esperella lapidiformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 191094

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Esperella (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Mycale (Mycale) lapidiformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Mycalecarmia de Laubenfels, 1936
Parent		Esperella Vosmaer, 1887 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Sources		original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text] original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. 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] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Argentinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes		Holotype: BMNH 1887.5.2.160 [details] Type locality: Rio de la Plata, Argentina [details] Type species: This is the type species of Mycalecarmia de Laubenfels, 1936, which is a junior synonym of Mycale (Mycale). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191094
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-12-18 15:00:44Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-01-23 18:44:39Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-07-06 09:34:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Esperella lapidiformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191094 on 2013-05-21