WoRMS taxon details
Aplysina inflata Carter, 1881
169654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169654)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carter, H.J. (1881). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 8: 101-112, 118-120, 241-259.
page(s): 108-109 [details]
page(s): 108-109 [details]
Type locality contained in Leeuwin
type locality contained in Leeuwin [details]
Taxonomic remark Considered as unrecognisable by Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994, page 184, no type specimen in BMNH.
Taxonomic remark Considered as unrecognisable by Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994, page 184, no type specimen in BMNH. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Aplysina inflata Carter, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169654 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1881). Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 8: 101-112, 118-120, 241-259.
page(s): 108-109 [details]
page(s): 108-109 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 184 [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
Other
additional source
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 418 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 374 [details]
page(s): 418 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb00461.x
page(s): 374 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BMNH 1912.2.1.87.A, geounit Northern and Central Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Considered as unrecognisable by Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994, page 184, no type specimen in BMNH. [details]
