Esperella littoralis
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Esperella littoralis Topsent, 1891
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Esperella littoralis Topsent, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191114 on 2026-08-28
created: 2005-12-18T16:00:44Z
is replaced by: 168592
modified: 2007-07-20T13:59:42Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Esperella littoralis Topsent, 1891
accepted name usage ID: 168592
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Esperella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
name published in year: 1891
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 131946
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Topsent, 1891
specific epithet: littoralis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted