Esperia laevis Carter, 1882 
AphiaID: 191125

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

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Mycale (Mycale) laevis (Carter, 1882)
Rank		Species
Parent		Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Sources		original description: Carter, H.J. 1882a. Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 9(52): 266-301,346-368, pls XI-XII. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes		Holotype: BMNH 1939.3.24.23 [details] Type locality: Puerto Cabello, Venezuela [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191125
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-12-18 15:00:44Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-07-22 11:06:32Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Esperia laevis Carter, 1882. 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=191125 on 2013-06-18