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

Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aplysina*	Nardo, 1834	accepted genus name
*Verongia*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym

Species group names

*Verongia cavernicola*	Vacelet, 1959	basionym
*Verongia cavernicola*	Vacelet, 1959	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: verongia cavernícola sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: yellow cave-sponge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: éponge cavernicole jaune sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: spugna cavernicola gialla sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: verongia cavernícola

Literature

original description	Vacelet, J. 1959. Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d’Endoume 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GenBank (18 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959). 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:133913