Esperia socialis Carter, 1871 
AphiaID: 191142

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

Status		unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Mycale (Mycale) immitis (Schmidt, 1870)
Rank		Species
Parent		Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
Source		original description: Carter, H.J. 1871c. On two undescribed Sponges and two Esperiadae from the West Indies; also on the Nomenclature of the Calcisponge Clathrina, Gray. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 7(40):268-283, pl. XVII. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note		Type locality: Bahamas? [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191142
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 socialis Carter, 1871. 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=191142 on 2013-05-26