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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 
AphiaID: 169655

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVerongida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysinidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina insularis (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina Nardo, 1834
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina anomala Wilson, 1902 (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina fistularis f. ansa De Laubenfels, 1950 (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina tenuissima (Hyatt, 1875) (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLuffaria insularis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVerongia ansa de Laubenfels, 1950 (genus transfer & junior homonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVerongia fistularis var. ansa de Laubenfels, 1950 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVerongia tenuissima Hyatt, 1875 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources  original description Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [details] [full text]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Bermuda [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Key West [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Eastern Caribbean [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Puerto Rico [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From editor or global species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBahamian [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBermuda [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBermuda [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Virgin Islands [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGreater Antilles [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNorthern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouthern Caribbean [details]
From other sources
Belize
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelize [details]
Caribbean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCaribbean Sea [details]
Colombia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorColombia [details]
Costa Rica
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCosta Rica [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMexico [details]
Panama
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPanama [details]
Venezuela
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorVenezuela [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorVirgin Islands [details]
Specimen  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLectotype [from synonym] ZMA Por. 01475, locality Eastern Caribbean (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) [view taxon]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina insularis insularis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina insularis insularis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo The Sponge Guide 
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Luffaria insularis lectotype
Luffaria insularis lec...
[image from synonym]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169655
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-05-24 17:20:50Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). 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.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169655 on 2015-02-27
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