Esperiopsis

Esperiopsis
Esperiopsis challengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Esperiopsidae
Genus:	Esperiopsis Carter, 1882 [1]
Type species
Esperiopsis villosa (Carter, 1874) [2]
Species
See text
Synonyms
MycalopsisTopsent, 1927

Esperiopsis is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 30 species found in oceans around the world.

The genus was first described in 1882 by Henry John Carter. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

As of 2020, the following species of Esperiopsis are recognized as valid by WoRMS: ^[1]

• Esperiopsis bathyalis Lopes & Hajdu, 2004
• Esperiopsis challengeri (Ridley, 1885)
• Esperiopsis chindoensis Sim, 1995
• Esperiopsis cimensis van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012
• Esperiopsis crassofibrosa Brøndsted, 1924
• Esperiopsis decora Topsent, 1904
• Esperiopsis diasolenia Lévi, 1993
• Esperiopsis ferruginea Whitelegge, 1906
• Esperiopsis flagellum Lundbeck, 1905
• Esperiopsis flava Lévi, 1993
• Esperiopsis heardi Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982
• Esperiopsis incognita Stephens, 1916
• Esperiopsis inodes Lévi, 1993
• Esperiopsis lingua (Koltun, 1970)
• Esperiopsis macrosigma Stephens, 1916
• Esperiopsis magnifolia Lévi, 1993
• Esperiopsis megachela Dendy, 1924
• Esperiopsis papillata (Vosmaer, 1880)
• Esperiopsis plumosa Tanita, 1965
• Esperiopsis praedita Topsent, 1890
• Esperiopsis profunda Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Esperiopsis pulchella Ridley & Dendy, 1886
• Esperiopsis radiata (Topsent, 1927)
• Esperiopsis scotiae Topsent, 1915
• Esperiopsis stipula Koltun, 1958
• Esperiopsis strongylatus (Alander, 1942)
• Esperiopsis strongylophora Vacelet, 1969
• Esperiopsis varia Sarà, 1978
• Esperiopsis variussigma Hoshino, 1981
• Esperiopsis villosa (Carter, 1874)

References

1. van Soest, Rob (2013). "Esperiopsis Carter, 1882". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2026-01-31.
2. "Australian Faunal Directory: Esteriopsis Carter 1882". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2025-11-11. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
3. Carter, H.J. (1882) Some sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 266-301, 346-368 pls 11-12 [296].

External links

• Media related to Esperiopsis at Wikimedia Commons