WoRMS name details
Paresperella toxifera Lévi, 1963
234213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234213)
unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lévi, C. (1963). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X.
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Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [details]
Homonymy This species is not conspecific with Esperella toxifera Dendy, 1896 (now Mycale (Carmia) toxifera). As Paresperella is...
Homonymy This species is not conspecific with Esperella toxifera Dendy, 1896 (now Mycale (Carmia) toxifera). As Paresperella is currently a subgenus of Mycale the present species name became a junior homonym of Dendy's toxifera and needed a new name.
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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. Paresperella toxifera Lévi, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234213 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy This species is not conspecific with Esperella toxifera Dendy, 1896 (now Mycale (Carmia) toxifera). As Paresperella is currently a subgenus of Mycale the present species name became a junior homonym of Dendy's toxifera and needed a new name.[details]
