Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycalina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Poecilosclerida
Subordo: Mycalina

Familia: Esperiopsidae
Genus: Esperiopsis
Species: Esperiopsis cimensis

Name

  • Esperiopsis cimensis van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2012: 11, fig. 6
Holotype: ZMA Por. 07282.
Type locality: Cape Verde Islands, SW of Ilheu Rombos, SE of Ilheu de Cima, depth 165 m, hard bottom with yellow calcareous sand, coll. R.W.M. Van Soest, CANCAP 7 Expedition stat. 030/05, 14.95°N 24.65°W, Van Veen grab, 23 Aug. 1986.
Etymology: Named after the type locality, Ilheu de Cima.

References

  • van Soest, Rob W. M., Elly J. Beglinger & Nicole J. De Voogd, 2012: Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from northwest Africa. European journal of taxonomy, 18: 1–21.
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