WoRMS name details
Esperiopsis challengeri var. meangensis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
168349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168349)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493.
page(s): 341 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 82-83 [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 82-83 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.150, geounit Eastern Philippines
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.150, geounit Eastern Philippines [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Esperiopsis challengeri var. meangensis Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168349 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 325-351, 470-493.
page(s): 341 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 82-83 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 341 [details]
original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 82-83 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.150, geounit Eastern Philippines [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Ridley & Dendy on fragments from E off the Philippine island of Meangis, 4.55°N 127.1°E, depth 900 m (holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.150), not too far from the East Sulawesi type locality of the typical variety described by Ridley (1885: 570, as Amphilectus, from Challenger Exped. Stat. 196, E of Celebes, 0.8083°S 126.975°E, at comparable bathyal depth of 1508 m, syntypes BMNH 1887.5.2.132–135, 1887.11.19.5). The major difference with the typical variety was the greater length of the styles (630 μm vs. 350 μm in the typical variety. Also, the isochelae were slightly longer than in the typical variety. Ridley & Dendy nevertheless admitted that spicule lengths in both varieties were rather variable. Lévi (1993: 43, pl. IV fig. 7, IX fig. 8, text-fig.16A) reported E. challengeri from New Caledonia where he found intermediate spicule sizes and considered all reported specimens with the characteristic cladorhizid-like habit of E. challengeri to belong to a single species. Accordingly, Van Soest (2024: 67) proposed to merge the var. meangensis with the typical variety as Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885). [details]
