Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Verongimorpha > Order Verongiida > Family Aplysinidae > Genus Aplysina

Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aplysina*	Nardo, 1834	accepted genus name
*Aplysia*	Nardo, 1833	synonym
*Verongia*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym

Species group names

*Aplysia aerophoba*	Nardo, 1833	synonym
*Aplysina carnosa*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: aplisina; esponja d'or sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Czech: houba komínová

English: aureate sponge; yellow tube sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: vérongia

German: Farbwechselnder Zylinderschwamm; goldener Zapfenschwamm; Goldschwamm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Italian: verongia

Portuguese: esponja amarela

Spanish, Castillian: esponja de tubo amarilla

Literature

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source of synonymy	Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. Isis (Oken). 714-716.
redescription	Schulze, F.E. (1878). Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Vierte Mittheilung. Die Familie der Aplysinidae. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 30: 379-420, plsXXI-XXIV.

Genbank

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. Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133911