Aplysina fulva

Aplysina fulva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Verongiida
Family: Aplysinidae
Genus: Aplysina
Species:
A. fulva
Binomial name
Aplysina fulva
(Pallas, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Spongia fulva Pallas, 1766
  • Aplysina cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aplysina fragilis Wilson, 1902
  • Aplysina rugosa Wilson, 1902
  • Luffaria fulva (Pallas, 1766)
  • Spongia cancellata Linnaeus, 1767
  • Verongia fulva (Pallas, 1766)

Aplysina fulva, known as the scattered pore rope sponge, is a species of sponge in the family Aplysinidae. The species is found in the Caribbean Sea as well as off the coast of Brazil.[1][2][3]

Until 1996, it was thought that Aplysina fulva and Aplysina fistularis were the same species; this was disproven because of the difference in secondary metabolites of the sponges.[4]

  1. ^ "Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ^ "Aplysina fulva, Scattered pore rope sponge". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  4. ^ Ciminiello, Patrizia; Fattorusso, Ernesto; Magno, Silvana; Pansini, Maurizio (1996-03-01). "Chemistry of verongida sponges VI. Comparison of the secondary metabolic composition of Aplysina insularis and Aplysina fulva". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 24 (2): 105–113. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(96)00009-9. ISSN 0305-1978.