WoRMS name details
Esperia lucifera Schmidt, 1873
191135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191135)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1873). Silicispongiae. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1871 auf S.M. Avisodampfer 'Pommerania'. IV. Die faunistische Untersuchungen. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 1: 99, 147-148., available online at https://archive.org/details/jahresberichtder1187comm [details] 
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Esperia lucifera Schmidt, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191135 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1873). Silicispongiae. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1871 auf S.M. Avisodampfer 'Pommerania'. IV. Die faunistische Untersuchungen. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel.</em> 1: 99, 147-148., available online at https://archive.org/details/jahresberichtder1187comm [details]
Other
additional source
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
