WoRMS taxon details
Chelonaplysilla violacea (Lendenfeld, 1883)
164869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164869)
accepted
Species
Aplysilla violacea Lendenfeld, 1883 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aplysilla violacea Lendenfeld, 1883) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1883). Über Coelenteraten der Südsee. II.Mittheilung. Neue Aplysinidae. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 38(2): 234-313, pls X-XIII.
page(s): 237-269 [details]
page(s): 237-269 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution The species has been reported from both sides of the Pacific. Given the paucity of morphological characters, it remains to...
Distribution The species has been reported from both sides of the Pacific. Given the paucity of morphological characters, it remains to be established whether these wide ranging populations all belong to a single species. [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Chelonaplysilla violacea (Lendenfeld, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164869 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aplysilla violacea Lendenfeld, 1883) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1883). Über Coelenteraten der Südsee. II.Mittheilung. Neue Aplysinidae. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 38(2): 234-313, pls X-XIII.
page(s): 237-269 [details]
basis of record 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): 151 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 21-22 [details]
page(s): 237-269 [details]
basis of record 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): 151 [details]
basis of record Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae. Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarca. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 107: 1-53.
page(s): 21-22 [details]
Other
additional source
Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Gómez, P.; Carballo, J.L; Vázquez, L.E.; Cruz, J.A. (2002). New records for the sponge fauna (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Pacific coast of Mexico (eastern Pacific Ocean). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115 (1): 223-237.
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Lizarazo Rodríguez, N.; Zea, S.; Chasqui Velasco, L.; Rincón Díaz, N. (2020). Biodiversidad de esponjas en arrecifes rocosos del Chocó norte, Pacífico colombiano. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 49(2): 79-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.2.889
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sim-Smith, C.; Hickman, Jr, C.; Kelly, M. (2021). New shallow-water sponges (Porifera) from the Galápagos Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5012(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
page(s): 8-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Gómez, P.; Carballo, J.L; Vázquez, L.E.; Cruz, J.A. (2002). New records for the sponge fauna (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Pacific coast of Mexico (eastern Pacific Ocean). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115 (1): 223-237.
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Lizarazo Rodríguez, N.; Zea, S.; Chasqui Velasco, L.; Rincón Díaz, N. (2020). Biodiversidad de esponjas en arrecifes rocosos del Chocó norte, Pacífico colombiano. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 49(2): 79-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.2.889
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sim-Smith, C.; Hickman, Jr, C.; Kelly, M. (2021). New shallow-water sponges (Porifera) from the Galápagos Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5012(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
page(s): 8-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution The species has been reported from both sides of the Pacific. Given the paucity of morphological characters, it remains to be established whether these wide ranging populations all belong to a single species. [details]
