Aplysina fulva

Aplysina fulva
Scientific 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 fulvaPallas, 1766 Aplysina cancellata(Linnaeus, 1767) Aplysina fragilis Wilson, 1902 Aplysina rugosaWilson, 1902 Luffaria fulva(Pallas, 1766) Spongia cancellataLinnaeus, 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]

References

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.