Esperella placoides
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-30
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 placoides (Carter, 1876)
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 placoides (Carter, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870247 on 2026-08-30
created: 2016-02-15T12:22:37Z
is replaced by: 168640
modified: 2016-02-15T12:22:37Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Esperella placoides (Carter, 1876)
accepted name usage ID: 168640
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Esperella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
name published in year: 1876
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 131946
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Carter, 1876)
specific epithet: placoides
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted