WoRMS name details
Esperia placoides Carter, 1876
191138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191138)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
Esperia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) Gray, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1876). 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 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682078
page(s): 316-317; pl XIII fig 12, pl XV fig 32 [details]
page(s): 316-317; pl XIII fig 12, pl XV fig 32 [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 placoides Carter, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191138 on 2026-06-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1876). 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 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682078
page(s): 316-317; pl XIII fig 12, pl XV fig 32 [details]
page(s): 316-317; pl XIII fig 12, pl XV fig 32 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1882.7.28.98 [details]
