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Aplysina Nardo, 1834

Aplysina aerophoba
Aplysina aerophoba

131975  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131975)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Verongimorpha (Subclass)
  6. Verongiida (Order)
  7. Aplysinidae (Family)
  8. Aplysina (Genus)
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Genus
Aplysia aerophoba Nardo, 1833 accepted as Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) (type by subsequent designation)
Aplysia Nardo, 1833 · unaccepted
Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Scyphia sensu Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (declared unavailable)
Verongia Bowerbank, 1845 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833)
  2. Species Aplysina airapii Gómez, González-Acosta, Sánchez-Ortíz, Hoffman & Hernández-Guerrero, 2018
  3. Species Aplysina alcicornis Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  4. Species Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
  5. Species Aplysina azteca Gómez & Bakus, 1992
  6. Species Aplysina bathyphila Maldonado & Young, 1998
  7. Species Aplysina cacos Lendenfeld, 1888
  8. Species Aplysina caissara Pinheiro & Hajdu, 2001
  9. Species Aplysina capensis Carter, 1875
  10. Species Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
  11. Species Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)
  12. Species Aplysina cellulosa Hyatt, 1875
  13. Species Aplysina chiriquiensis Díaz, van Soest, Rützler & Guzman, 2005
  14. Species Aplysina clathrata Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Rocha-Olivares, Ehrlich & Hog, 2012
  15. Species Aplysina compacta Carter, 1881
  16. Species Aplysina cristagallus Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  17. Species Aplysina encarnacionae Gómez, González-Acosta, Sánchez-Ortíz, Hoffman & Hernández-Guerrero, 2018
  18. Species Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759)
  19. Species Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
  20. Species Aplysina gerardogreeni Gómez & Bakus, 1992
  21. Species Aplysina higginsii Lendenfeld, 1889
  22. Species Aplysina holda Lendenfeld, 1889
  23. Species Aplysina inflata Carter, 1881
  24. Species Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  25. Species Aplysina lactuca Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  26. Species Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
  27. Species Aplysina lendenfeldi Bergquist, 1980
  28. Species Aplysina lingua Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  29. Species Aplysina meandrina Lendenfeld, 1889
  30. Species Aplysina minima Hentschel, 1914
  31. Species Aplysina minuta Lendenfeld, 1889
  32. Species Aplysina muricyana Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  33. Species Aplysina ocracea Alcolado, 1984
  34. Species Aplysina orthoreticulata Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  35. Species Aplysina pergamentacea Hechtel, 1983
  36. Species Aplysina primitiva Burton, 1959
  37. Species Aplysina procumbens Lendenfeld, 1889
  38. Species Aplysina pseudolacunosa Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  39. Species Aplysina reticulata Lendenfeld, 1889
  40. Species Aplysina revillagigedi Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Rocha-Olivares, Ehrlich & Hog, 2012
  41. Species Aplysina sciophila Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
  42. Species Aplysina sinuscaliforniensis Gómez, González-Acosta, Sánchez-Ortíz, Hoffman & Hernández-Guerrero, 2018
  43. Species Aplysina solangeae Pinheiro, Hajdu & Custódio, 2007
  44. Species Aplysina applicata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Aplysina aurea Gammill, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  46. Species Aplysina flagelliformis (Carter, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior synonym)
  47. Species Aplysina pedicellata Hyatt, 1878 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  48. Species Aplysina picea (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  49. Species Aplysina spengelii Lendenfeld, 1889 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  50. Species Aplysina tuberosa (Szymanski, 1904) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  51. Species Aplysina aggregata Topsent, 1932 accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759) (junior synonym)
  52. Species Aplysina aurea Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  53. Species Aplysina caespitosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  54. Species Aplysina cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  55. Species Aplysina carnosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) (junior synonym)
  56. Species Aplysina cauliformis sensu Carter, 1882 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (misidentification of genus)
  57. Species Aplysina chalinoides Carter, 1875 accepted as Haliclona chalinoides (Carter, 1875) (genus transfer)
  58. Species Aplysina compressa Carter, 1882 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  59. Species Aplysina corneostellata Carter, 1872 accepted as Darwinella corneostellata (Carter, 1872) (genus transfer)
  60. Species Aplysina crassa (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875)
  61. Species Aplysina cruor Carter, 1886 accepted as Dendrilla cruor (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  62. Species Aplysina ecuatorensis Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 accepted as Aplysina chiriquiensis Díaz, van Soest, Rützler & Guzman, 2005 (nomen nudum)
  63. Species Aplysina elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Suberea elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  64. Species Aplysina euplectella (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Fasciospongia euplectella (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
  65. Species Aplysina fenestrata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Smenospongia musicalis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  66. Species Aplysina fragilis Wilson, 1902 accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  67. Species Aplysina fusca Carter, 1880 accepted as Suberea fusca (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  68. Species Aplysina gigantea Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Aplysina grisea Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  70. Species Aplysina herdmani Dendy, 1905 accepted as Luffariella herdmani (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
  71. Species Aplysina hirsuta (Hyatt, 1875) accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Linnaeus, 1759) (junior synonym)
  72. Species Aplysina ianthelliformis (Lendenfeld, 1888) accepted as Suberea ianthelliformis (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  73. Species Aplysina incrustans Carter, 1876 accepted as Chelonaplysilla incrustans (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
  74. Species Aplysina janusi (Boury-Esnault, 1973) accepted as Aiolochroia janusi (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (genus transfer)
  75. Species Aplysina laevis Carter, 1885 accepted as Pseudoceratina durissima Carter, 1885 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  76. Species Aplysina longissima Carter, 1882 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  77. Species Aplysina massa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla massa (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  78. Species Aplysina massa (Szymanski, 1904) accepted as Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  79. Species Aplysina membranosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Dendrilla membranosa (Pallas, 1766)
  80. Species Aplysina mollis Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea mollis (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
  81. Species Aplysina noevus Carter, 1876 accepted as Chelonaplysilla noevus (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
  82. Species Aplysina nuciformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
  83. Species Aplysina pallasi Ridley, 1884 accepted as Dictyodendrilla pallasi (Ridley, 1884) (genus transfer)
  84. Species Aplysina praetensa Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea praetensa (Row, 1911) (genus transfer)
  85. Species Aplysina praetexta Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875) (junior synonym)
  86. Species Aplysina purpurea Carter, 1880 accepted as Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) (genus transfer)
  87. Species Aplysina ramosa Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Lendenfeldia ramosa (Lendenfeld, 1889) (genus transfer)
  88. Species Aplysina regularis Ridley, 1881 accepted as Spongionella regularis (Ridley, 1881) (genus transfer)
  89. Species Aplysina sebae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) (junior synonym)
  90. Species Aplysina spiculifera Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Dysidea spiculifera (Lendenfeld, 1888) (genus transfer)
  91. Species Aplysina tenuissima (Hyatt, 1875) accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
  92. Species Aplysina zetlandica (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
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Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716. [details] OpenAccess publication
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 Nardo, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131975 on 2026-02-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11943
page(s): 59 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 16(107): 400-410, pls XIII-XIV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/037454809495966
page(s): 403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aplysia Nardo, 1833) Nardo, G.D. (1833). Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. <em>In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).</em> [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scyphia sensu Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403
page(s): 77 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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): 390-403 [details] 

basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1980). The ordinal and subclass classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera); appraisal of the present arrangement, and proposal of a new order. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (1): 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.10423761 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1980). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (class Demospongiae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 7 (4): 443-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1980.11760680
page(s): 490-494 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 <I>In</I>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Full text PDF

additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002[2004]). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 <I>In</I>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002[2004]). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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): 382-387 [details] 

additional source (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Scyphia sensu Oken, 1815) 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): 132 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Scyphia sensu Oken, 1815) Fischer, P. (1887). Contribution a l'actinologie française. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, 5, 2, 381-442, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45601378
page(s): 402 [details] 

additional source (of Scyphia sensu Oken, 1815) Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 227 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) 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): 81-82 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Verongia Bowerbank, 1845) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 <I>In</I>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Full text PDF

additional source (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Poléjaeff, N. (1889). Spongiological Studies. Chapter IV. On the systematic position of the genus <i>Luffaria</i>. <em>Proceedings of St Petersbourg, Naturalist Society.</em> 7: 180-189.
note: in russian [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Bergquist, P.R.; Cook, S.D.C. (2002[2004]). Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875, pp. 1082-1085 in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY 1708+ XVLIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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): 130-131 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084487) (from synonym Verongia Bowerbank, 1845)
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