WoRMS name details
Esperia indica Carter, 1887
191124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191124)
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. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7. [details] 
Holotype BMNH 1887.6.1.2, geounit Andaman Sea Coral Coast
, Note Mergui Archipelago
Holotype BMNH 1887.6.1.2, geounit Andaman Sea Coral Coast [details]
Type locality Mergui Archipelago [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. Esperia indica Carter, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191124 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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Carter, H.J. (1887). Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island, in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 21(127-128): 61-84, pls 5-7. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1887.6.1.2, geounit Andaman Sea Coral Coast [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mergui Archipelago [details]
