Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Verongida > Family Aplysinidae

Aplysina Nardo, 1834

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Verongia*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym

Children

Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1833
Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)

Literature

original description	Nardo, G.D. (1834). De Spongiis. Isis (Oken), Coll.: 714-716.
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.
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
additional source	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

Genbank

External Links

Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina pedunculata)
GenBank
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Aplysina. 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131975