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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814) 
AphiaID: 169656

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)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina Nardo, 1834
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina nuciformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAplysina sebae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLuffaria nuciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLuffaria sebae Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongia lacunosa Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De, 1813-1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Suite du mémoire intitulé: Sur les Polypiers empâtés. Suite des éponges. Annales du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 20 (6): 294-312 (published 1813), 370-386, 432-458 (published 1814). [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Eastern Caribbean [details]
From editor or global species database
Caribbean Sea
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaribbean Sea [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBahamian [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Virgin Islands [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFloridian [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]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouthwestern Caribbean [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVirgin Islands [details]
From other sources
Caribbean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCaribbean Sea [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCuraçao [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]
Cuba
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCuba [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 [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMexico [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHispaniola [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTropical Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorVirgin Islands [details]
Specimens  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLectotype [from synonym] MSNT Por. 41, locality Eastern Caribbean (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) [view taxon]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScottocheres laubieri Stock, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterocheres paraboecki Johnsson, 1999 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterocheres spongus Johnsson, 2002 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Luffaria nuciformis Duch. & Mich. original
Luffaria nuciformis Du...
[image from synonym]
Luffaria nuciformis holotype
Luffaria nuciformis ho...
[image from synonym]
Luffaria sebae lectotype
Luffaria sebae lectotype
[image from synonym]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169656
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-12-10 14:51:11Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-05-24 17:20:50Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2008-07-15 18:58:20Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814). 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. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169656 on 2014-07-12
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