''Vosmaeropsis'' is a genus of sponges in the family,

Heteropiidae Heteropiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Leucosolenida in the class Calcarea. In a 2012 paper, Oliver Voigt, Eilika Wülfing and Gert Wörheide (2012) confirmed that the family Heteropiidae is not monophyletic In biological ...

, and was first described in 1893 by

Arthur Dendy Arthur Dendy (20 January 1865, in Manchester – 24 March 1925, in London) was an English zoologist known for his work on Sponge, marine sponges and the terrestrial invertebrates of Victoria, Australia, notably including the "living fossil" ''Per ...

. The type species by subsequent designation is '' Vosmaeropsis macera'' (Carter, 1886).

Distribution

GBIF with just 25 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it with an apparent world-wide distribution. The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of

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, and the coasts of north-west and south-west

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Accepted species

(according to

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) * '' Vosmaeropsis complanatispinifera'' Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015 * '' Vosmaeropsis connexiva'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Vosmaeropsis cyathus'' (Verrill, 1873) * '' Vosmaeropsis depressa'' Dendy, 1893 * '' Vosmaeropsis gardineri'' Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916 * '' Vosmaeropsis glebula'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Vosmaeropsis grisea'' Tanita, 1939 * '' Vosmaeropsis hispanica'' Ferrer Hernández, 1933 * '' Vosmaeropsis hozawai'' Borojevic & Klautau, 2000 * '' Vosmaeropsis inflata'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Vosmaeropsis japonica'' Hôzawa, 1929 * '' Vosmaeropsis levis'' Hôzawa, 1940 * '' Vosmaeropsis macera'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Vosmaeropsis mackinnoni'' Dendy & Frederick, 1924 * ''

Vosmaeropsis maculata ''Vosmaeropsis'' is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is '' Vosmaeropsis macera'' (Carter, 1886). Distribution GBIF with just 25 geore ...

'' Hôzawa, 1929 * '' Vosmaeropsis oruetai'' Ferrer-Hernández, 1918 * '' Vosmaeropsis ovata'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Vosmaeropsis recruta'' Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna, 2015 * '' Vosmaeropsis sasakii'' Hôzawa, 1929 * '' Vosmaeropsis sericata'' (Ridley, 1881) * '' Vosmaeropsis simplex'' Hôzawa, 1940 * '' Vosmaeropsis spinosa'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Vosmaeropsis triradiata'' Hôzawa, 1940 * '' Vosmaeropsis wilsoni'' Dendy, 1893

References

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* * Taxa named by Arthur Dendy Taxa described in 1893 Leucosolenida Sponge genera {{Calcarea-stub