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Verongia Bowerbank, 1845 
AphiaID: 131749

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Verongida (Order) > Aplysinidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Aplysina Nardo, 1834
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spongia fistularis Pallas, 1766 (type by monotypy)
Parent Aplysinidae Carter, 1875
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1845b. Observations on the Spongiadae, with descriptions of some new genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) 16 (107): 400-410, pls XIII-XIV. [details] [full text]

basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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Species Verongia aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) accepted as Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1833
Species Verongia ansa de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Verongia archeri (Higgin, 1875) accepted as Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Species Verongia cauliformis (Carter, 1882) accepted as Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Species Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959 accepted as Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)
Species Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Species Verongia fulva (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Species Verongia hirsuta Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Aplysina hirsuta (Hyatt, 1875)
Species Verongia longissima sensu De Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Species Verongia mollis (Row, 1911) accepted as Suberea mollis (Row, 1911)
Species Verongia pedunculata Lévi, 1969 accepted as Suberea pedunculata (Lévi, 1969)
Species Verongia rosea Barrois, 1876 accepted as Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876)
Species Verongia tenuissima Hyatt, 1875 accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Verongia thiona de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Aiolochroia thiona (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Species Verongia zetlandica Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Spongionella pulchella (Sowerby, 1804)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution World Oceans [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131749
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-02-01 19:04:21Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2009-11-11 13:55:53Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Verongia Bowerbank, 1845. 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131749 on 2013-06-18
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