WoRMS name details
Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874)
576825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576825)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
- Variety Esperella cupressiformis var. lycopodium Levinsen, 1887 accepted as Lycopodina lycopodium (Levinsen, 1887) (genus transfer and status change)
- Variety Esperella cupressiformis var. robusta Levinsen, 1887 accepted as Lycopodina robusta (Levinsen, 1887) (genus transfer and status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV.
page(s): 215-217 [details]
page(s): 215-217 [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. Esperella cupressiformis (Carter, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576825 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Esperia cupressiformis Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV.
page(s): 215-217 [details]
page(s): 215-217 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI. [details] 




