WoRMS name details
Aplysina fusca Carter, 1880
190033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190033)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Aplysina fusca Carter, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190033 on 2026-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
Other
additional source
Carter, H.J. (1881). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 8: 101-112, 118-120, 241-259.
page(s): 107-108 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1889). Report on a Second Collection of Sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3: 73-99,pls III-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938909460303
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 600 [details]
page(s): 107-108 [details]
additional source Dendy, A. (1889). Report on a Second Collection of Sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 3: 73-99,pls III-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938909460303
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 600 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
