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Aplysina Nardo, 1834 
AphiaID: 131975

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Verongida (Order) > Aplysinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Aplysinidae Carter, 1875
Synonymised
taxa
  Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (junior synonym)
Verongia Bowerbank, 1845 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Nardo, G.D. (1834). De Spongiis. Isis (Oken), Coll.: 714-716. [details]

basis of record: Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1082-1085 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Bergquist, P.R. 1980a. The ordinal and subclass classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera); appraisal of the present arrangement, and proposal of a new order. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7(1): 1-6. [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S. 1845b. Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) 16 (107): 400-410, pls XIII-XIV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56 (179): 1–94. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Wiedenmayer, F. 1977b. Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum 28: 1-287, pls 1-43. [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1833
Species Aplysina alcicornis Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Species Aplysina bathyphila Maldonado & Young, 1998
Species Aplysina cacos Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Aplysina caissara Pinheiro & Hajdu, 2001
Species Aplysina capensis Carter, 1875
Species Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Species Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)
Species Aplysina cellulosa Hyatt, 1877
Species Aplysina chiriquiensis Díaz, van Soest, Rützler & Guzman, 2005
Species Aplysina clathrata Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Rocha-Olivares, Ehrlich & Hog, 2012
Species Aplysina compacta Carter, 1881
Species Aplysina cristagallus Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina gerardogreeni Gomez & Bakus, 1992
Species Aplysina higginsii Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina hirsuta (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Aplysina holda Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina inflata Carter, 1881
Species Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Aplysina lactuca Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Aplysina lendenfeldi Bergquist, 1980
Species Aplysina lingua Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina maeandrina Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina minima Hentschel, 1914
Species Aplysina minuta Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina muricyana Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina ocracea Alcolado, 1984
Species Aplysina orthoreticulata Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina pergamentacea Hechtel, 1983
Species Aplysina primitiva Burton, 1959
Species Aplysina procumbens Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina pseudolacunosa Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007
Species Aplysina reticulata Lendenfeld, 1889
Species Aplysina revillagigedi Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Rocha-Olivares, Ehrlich & Hog, 2012
Species Aplysina solangeae Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custodio, 2007

Species Aplysina applicata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (species inquirenda)
Species Aplysina aurea Gammill, 1998 (species inquirenda)
Species Aplysina pedicellata Hyatt, 1878 (species inquirenda)
Species Aplysina picea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (species inquirenda)
Species Aplysina spengelii Lendenfeld, 1889 (species inquirenda)
Species Aplysina tuberosa (Szymanski, 1904) (species inquirenda)

Species Aplysina aggregata Topsent, 1932 accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina anomala Wilson, 1902 accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Aplysina aurea Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Aplysina azteca Gomez & Bakus, 1992 accepted as Suberea azteca (Gomez & Bakus, 1992)
Species Aplysina caespitosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886)
Species Aplysina carnosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1833
Species Aplysina cauliformis sensu Carter, 1882 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Aplysina chalinoides Carter, 1875 accepted as Haliclona chalinoides (Carter, 1875)
Species Aplysina compressa Carter, 1882 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Aplysina corneostellata Carter, 1872 accepted as Darwinella corneostellata (Carter, 1872)
Species Aplysina cruor Carter, 1886 accepted as Dendrilla cruor (Carter, 1886)
Species Aplysina ecuatorensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 accepted as Aplysina chiriquiensis Díaz, van Soest, Rützler & Guzman, 2005
Species Aplysina elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Suberea elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Aplysina euplectella (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Fasciospongia euplectella (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Aplysina flagelliformis Carter, 1882 accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina fragilis Wilson, 1902 accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina fusca Carter, 1880 accepted as Suberea fusca (Carter, 1880)
Species Aplysina gigantea Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Aplysina grisea Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886)
Species Aplysina herdmani Dendy, 1905 accepted as Luffariella herdmani (Dendy, 1905)
Species Aplysina ianthelliformis (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Suberea ianthelliformis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Aplysina incrustans Carter, 1876 accepted as Chelonaplysilla incrustans (Carter, 1876)
Species Aplysina janusi Boury-Esnault, 1973 accepted as Aiolochroia janusi (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
Species Aplysina laevis Carter, 1885 accepted as Pseudoceratina durissima Carter, 1885
Species Aplysina longissima Carter, 1882 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Aplysina massa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla massa (Carter, 1886)
Species Aplysina massa (Szymanski, 1904) accepted as Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862
Species Aplysina mollis Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea mollis (Row, 1911)
Species Aplysina noevus Carter, 1876 accepted as Chelonaplysilla noevus (Carter, 1876)
Species Aplysina nuciformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Aplysina pallasi Ridley, 1884 accepted as Dictyodendrilla pallasi (Ridley, 1884)
Species Aplysina praetensa Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea praetensa (Row, 1911)
Species Aplysina praetexta Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Aplysina purpurea Carter, 1880 accepted as Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880)
Species Aplysina ramosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Lendenfeldia ramosa (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Aplysina regularis Ridley, 1881 accepted as Spongionella regularis (Ridley, 1881)
Species Aplysina rugosa Wilson, 1902 accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aplysina sebae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Species Aplysina spiculifera Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Dysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Species Aplysina tenuissima (Hyatt, 1875) accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Aplysina zetlandica (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution World Oceans (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To GenBank
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina pedunculata)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131975
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aplysina Nardo, 1834. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131975 on 2013-05-18
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