World Porifera Database - Species - Luffaria compressa (Carter, 1882)

Porifera name details

Luffaria compressa (Carter, 1882)

AphiaID

192393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192393)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Accepted name

Verongula gigantea (Hyatt, 1875)

Rank

Species

Parent

Luffaria Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Aplysina Nardo, 1834

Original name

Aplysina compressa Carter, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Aplysina compressa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Luffaria compressa (Carter, 1882). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192393 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-10-06 14:20:30Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)

original description (of Aplysina compressa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up
page(s): 270 [details]