Genus Aplysina Nardo, 1834
- Aplysia Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien, wornach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Isis Oken, coll. 519–523. [col. 519] [junior homonym of Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767 (Mollusca)].
- Aplysina Nardo, G.D. 1834. De spongiis. Isis Oken, coll. 714–716. [col. 714].
Type species:
Aplysina aerophoba Schmidt, 1862 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1948. The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 3: 1-217 31 figs 30 pls [124]. - Fistularia Bowerbank, J.S. 1844. On the keratose or horny sponges of commerce. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London 1: 32-39 pl. 3 [39] [junior homonym of Fistularia Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces), Fistularia Forskål, 1775 (Mollusca), Fistularia Mueller, 1776 (Coelenterata), Fistularia Lamarck, 1816 (Echinodermata), Fistularia de Bainville, 1830 (Echinodermata)].
Type species:
Spongia fistularis Pallas, 1766 by original designation. - Verongia Bowerbank, J.S. 1845. Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 16: 400-410 pls 13-14 [403].
Type species:
Spongia fistularis Pallas, 1766 by original designation. - Luffaria Duchassaing, F.P. de & Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 2 21: 1-124 pls 1-25 [59].
Type species:
Luffaria sebae Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (=Aplysina lacunosa Lamarck, 1814) by subsequent designation, see 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. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [26].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wiedenmayer, F. 1977. Shallow-water Sponges of the Western Bahamas. Basel : Birkhäuser (Experientia Suppl. 28) 287 pp. 43 pls. [63]
- Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [492]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, E Pacific and Antarctic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Diagnosis
Aplysinidae characterised by possession of fibres of only one kind with no foreign detritus and having a thick pith component. The fibres form a regular reticulum with large polygonal meshes and no specialised surface arrangement. Sixty three species have been described under the names Aplysina and Verongia. Many of these will prove to be synonyms but re-examination is difficult since dry material yields little information and for many species no material at all has survived.
ID Keys
See Family Aplysinidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Bergquist, P.R. & Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875. pp. 1082-1085 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [1082]
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |