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Porifera taxon details

Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766) 
AphiaID: 169648

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Verongida (Order) > Aplysinidae (Family) > Aplysina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Aplysina Nardo, 1834
Synonymised
taxa
  Aplysina aggregata Topsent, 1932 (junior synonym)
Aplysina fistularis var. aggregata Topsent, 1932 (junior synonym)
Spongia fistularis Pallas, 1766 (genus transfer)
Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Verongia fistularis (Pallas, 1766) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451, available online at http://www.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/en/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=222048
page(s): 385-386 [details] [full text]


basis of record: Wiedenmayer, F. 1977b. Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum 28: 1-287, pls 1-43. [details]

additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1932a. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Paris (6) 8: 61-124, pls I-VI. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. 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. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Collette, B.B.; Rützler, K. 1977. Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River. Proceedings 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, U.S.A. pp. 305-310. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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Forma Aplysina fistularis f. ansa De Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Variety Aplysina fistularis var. aggregata Topsent, 1932 accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution type locality: Tropical Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Amazonia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bahamian [details]
Belize [details]
Bonaire [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cayman Islands [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
Eastern Caribbean [details]
Floridian [details]
Greater Antilles [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Hispaniola [details]
Jamaica [details]
Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean (not valid[details]
Mexico [details]
Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Panama [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
Southern Caribbean [details]
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Venezuela [details]
Virgin Islands [details]
Western Caribbean [details]

Specimens  Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 3379 [view taxon]
Neotype: MNHN LBIM D.T. 598, locality Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina fistularis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina fistularis)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169648
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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. (2013). Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766). 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169648 on 2013-05-22
  


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