title: Esperiopsis
text: # Esperiopsis
  
  Esperiopsis is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 30 species found in oceans around the world.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of 2014, the following valid species of Esperiopsis are recognized:
  
  * 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)
  