Traits taxon details
Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
169649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169649)
accepted
Species
Aplysina hirsuta var. fulvoides (Hyatt, 1875) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 383-384 [details]
page(s): 383-384 [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. Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169649 on 2025-05-04
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169649 on 2025-05-04
original description
(of ) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 383-384 [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
additional source Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B. (1994). Esponjas marinhas do infralitoral de Bombinhas (Santa Catarina, Brasil) com descrição de três espécies novas (Porifera: Calcarea e Demospongiae. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 2(1): 47-62.
note: Misapplication: =Aplysina caissara [details] Available for editors
additional source Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2001). Shallow-water <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Aplysinidae, Verongida, Demospongiae) from the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (Tropical southwestern Atlantic), with the description of a new species and a literature review of other brazilian records of the genus. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia.</em> 18 (Supl. 1): 143-160.
page(s): 149 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 239 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 174-176 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 97-98 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Santos, C.P.; Batista, D.; Lopes, D.A.; Pagnoncelli, D.; Monteiro, L.C.; Oliveira, M.V.; Moreira, M.C.F.; Carvalho, M. de S.; Melão, M.; Klautau, M.; Rodriguez, P.R.D.; Costa, R.N.; Silvano, R.G.; Schwientek, S.; Ribeiro, S.M.; Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2006). Filo Porifera. pp. 109–145 <i>In</i>: Lavrado, H.P. & Ignacio, B.L. (Eds.), Biodiversidade bentônica da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Série Livros 18, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 30-31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Santos, J.P.; Mothes, B.; Tenório, D.O.; Cantarelli, J. (1999). Porifera (Demospongiae, Calcarea) entre os estados do Ceará e Pernambuco, Brasil. Taxonomia e distribuição. <em>Trabalhos Oceanográficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.</em> 27(2), 49–60.
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 89-90 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carneiro, R.F.; Viana, J.T.; Torres, R.C.F.; Silva, L.T.D.; Andrade, A.L.; Vasconcelos, M.A.D.; Pinheiro, U.; Teixeira, E.H.; Nagano, C.S.; Sampaio, A. H. (2019). A new mucin-binding lectin from the marine sponge <i>Aplysina fulva</i> (AFL) exhibits antibiofilm effects. <em>Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics.</em> 662: 169-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2018.12.014 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2001). Shallow-water <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Aplysinidae, Verongida, Demospongiae) from the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (Tropical southwestern Atlantic), with the description of a new species and a literature review of other brazilian records of the genus. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia.</em> 18 (Supl. 1): 143-160. [details]
page(s): 383-384 [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
additional source Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286. , available online at http://ISBN 958-9068-05-7
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors
additional source Díaz, M.C. (2005). Common sponges from shallow marine habitats from Bocas del Toro region, Panama. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 41(3): 465-475. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
additional source Mothes, B.; Lerner, C.B. (1994). Esponjas marinhas do infralitoral de Bombinhas (Santa Catarina, Brasil) com descrição de três espécies novas (Porifera: Calcarea e Demospongiae. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 2(1): 47-62.
note: Misapplication: =Aplysina caissara [details] Available for editors
additional source Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2001). Shallow-water <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Aplysinidae, Verongida, Demospongiae) from the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (Tropical southwestern Atlantic), with the description of a new species and a literature review of other brazilian records of the genus. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia.</em> 18 (Supl. 1): 143-160.
page(s): 149 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; Díaz, M.C.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Zea, S.; Smith, K.P.; Alvarez, B.; Wulff, J. (2000). Diversity of sponge fauna in mangrove ponds, Pelican Cays, Belize. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 476: 230-248.
page(s): 239 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. <em>Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 31: 1-39.
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp.
page(s): 174-176 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Esteves, E.L.; Moraes, F.C.; Santos, J.P.; da Silva, S.M.; Klautau, M.; Lanna, E. (2008). Biodiversidade Marinha da Bacia Potiguar. <em>Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Série Livros.</em> 29: 1-156.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3805(1): 1-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
page(s): 97-98 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muricy, G.; Santos, C.P.; Batista, D.; Lopes, D.A.; Pagnoncelli, D.; Monteiro, L.C.; Oliveira, M.V.; Moreira, M.C.F.; Carvalho, M. de S.; Melão, M.; Klautau, M.; Rodriguez, P.R.D.; Costa, R.N.; Silvano, R.G.; Schwientek, S.; Ribeiro, S.M.; Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2006). Filo Porifera. pp. 109–145 <i>In</i>: Lavrado, H.P. & Ignacio, B.L. (Eds.), Biodiversidade bentônica da região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira. Série Livros 18, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 30-31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Santos, J.P.; Mothes, B.; Tenório, D.O.; Cantarelli, J. (1999). Porifera (Demospongiae, Calcarea) entre os estados do Ceará e Pernambuco, Brasil. Taxonomia e distribuição. <em>Trabalhos Oceanográficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.</em> 27(2), 49–60.
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 89-90 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carneiro, R.F.; Viana, J.T.; Torres, R.C.F.; Silva, L.T.D.; Andrade, A.L.; Vasconcelos, M.A.D.; Pinheiro, U.; Teixeira, E.H.; Nagano, C.S.; Sampaio, A. H. (2019). A new mucin-binding lectin from the marine sponge <i>Aplysina fulva</i> (AFL) exhibits antibiofilm effects. <em>Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics.</em> 662: 169-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2018.12.014 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bettcher, L.; Fernandez, J.C.; Gastaldi, M.; Bispo, A.; Leal, C.V.; Leite, D.; Avelino-Alves, D.; Clerier, P.H.; Rezende, D.; Gulart, C.M.; Pinheiro, U.; Hajdu, E. (2023). Checklist, diversity descriptors and selected descriptions of a highly diverse intertidal sponge (Porifera) assemblage at Costa do Descobrimento (Bahia, Brazil). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 443-489., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.2
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E. (2001). Shallow-water <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Aplysinidae, Verongida, Demospongiae) from the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (Tropical southwestern Atlantic), with the description of a new species and a literature review of other brazilian records of the genus. <em>Revista Brasileira de Zoologia.</em> 18 (Supl. 1): 143-160. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina fulva)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina fulva)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (16 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007877.PR)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina fulva)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina fulva)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (16 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007877.PR)
