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Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759)

169648  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169648)

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Aplysina aggregata Topsent, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Aplysina fistularis var. aggregata Topsent, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759 · unaccepted (original misspelling of species name)
Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Verongia hirsuta var. fistularoides Hyatt, 1875 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Verongia hirsuta var. hirsuta Hyatt, 1875 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonymy)

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(of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 385-386 [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details] OpenAccess publication
Neotype  MNHN LBIM D.T. 598, geounit Greater Antilles  
Neotype MNHN LBIM D.T. 598, geounit Greater Antilles [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169648 on 2025-11-07
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original description (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 385-386 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 435 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Hyatt, A. (1875). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 399-408, pl. XIII.
page(s): 403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587267 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Verongia hirsuta var. fistularoides Hyatt, 1875) Hyatt, A. (1875). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 399-408, pl. XIII.
page(s): 403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aplysina fistularis var. aggregata Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 72-73 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Verongia hirsuta var. hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Hyatt, A. (1875). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 399-408, pl. XIII.
note: Renamed from H.h. var. fistularoides following ICZN art. 47.1 [details] OpenAccess publication

replacement name source (of Verongia hirsuta var. hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 97-98 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 422-423 [details] 

additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 56 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R. (2007). <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1609: 1-51.
page(s): 10-14 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 239 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 25 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Austin, W.C. (1996). Sponges from Rocas Alijos. <i>In</i>: Monographiae Biologicae. Rocas Alijos. Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions (R.W. Schmieder Editor). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London. Vol. 75: 237-256.
page(s): 253; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313.
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 173-174 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 97 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 9 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 88-89 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Aplysina fistularis f. fistularis Wiedenmayer, 1977) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 64-65 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Verongia hirsuta var. fistularoides Hyatt, 1875) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm
page(s): 70-71 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Alcolado, P.M. 1980. Esponjas de Cuba. Nuevos registros. Poeyana 197: 1-10.
page(s): 2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1298 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3818 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Wilkens, C.F. (1787). P.S. Pallas, Charakteristik der Thierpflanzen. Nach seinem Tode herausgegeben von J.F.W. Herbst. <em>Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> pp. 265 + 22 (unnumbered) + pls. XXVI.
page(s): 222 [details] 

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Hechtel, G.J. (1965). A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 20: 1-103.
page(s): 12-13; pl I fig 1 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Hyatt, A. (1875). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 399-408, pl. XIII.
page(s): 402-403 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 228-231 [details] 

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Boddaert, P. 1768. Lyst der Plant-Dieren, p. (1-50) + 1-654, pls. 1-14. Van Paddenburg & Van Schoonhoven, Utrecht.
page(s): 495 [details] 

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. <em>Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458.
page(s): 435 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 140 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1948). The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 3: 1-217.
page(s): 82-84 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1431: 1-25.
page(s): 6-7 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 2(3): 511-557.
page(s): 515 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Collette, B.B.; Rützler, K. 1977. Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River. Proceedings 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, U.S.A. pp. 305-310. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154.
page(s): 17-19 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 210 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 385 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy (of Spongia fistularis Linnaeus, 1759) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2025). Typification of Porifera described in the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5638(1): 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814) Topsent, E. (1932). Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. <em>Archives du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Paris.</em> (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI.
page(s): 71-72 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766)) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Neotype MNHN LBIM D.T. 598, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Syntype (of Verongia hirsuta var. fistularoides Hyatt, 1875) MCZ PORa-6638, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Unknown type (of Aplysina fistularis var. aggregata Topsent, 1932) MNHN DT 3379 [details]
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