WoRMS taxon details
Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959)
133913 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133913)
accepted
Species
Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959) Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
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Neotype (of Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959) MNHN...
Neotype (of Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959) MNHN D.JV-186, geounit Western Mediterranean [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 cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133913 on 2025-04-05
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(of Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959) Vacelet, J. (1959). Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3.
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Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Report on a collection of Demospongiae from soft bottoms of the Eastern Adriatic Sea. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 41-53.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Bertolino, M.; Bo, M.; Canese, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M. (2015). Deep sponge communities of the Gulf of St Eufemia (Calabria, southern Tyrrhenian Sea), with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (07), 1371-1387., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001380
page(s): 1385 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18 (2), 147-155.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Yahel, R.; Huchon, D.; Ilan, M. (2018). Shedding light on an East-Mediterranean mesophotic sponge ground community and the regional sponge fauna. <em>Mediterranean marine science.</em> 19(1): 84-106., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13853
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 148-149 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2156 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Roveta, C.; Marrocco, T.; Calcinai, B.; Pulido Mantas, T.; Pica, D.; Valisano, L.; Puce, S. (2022). Unravelling the sponge diversity of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 89(1): 310-323., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2042406
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Reverter, M.; Pérez, T.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Banaigs, B. (2016). Secondary Metabolome Variability and Inducible Chemical Defenses in the Mediterranean Sponge <i>Aplysina cavernicola</i>. <em>Journal of Chemical Ecology.</em> 42(1): 60-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0664-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Report on a collection of Demospongiae from soft bottoms of the Eastern Adriatic Sea. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 41-53.
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Bertolino, M.; Bo, M.; Canese, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M. (2015). Deep sponge communities of the Gulf of St Eufemia (Calabria, southern Tyrrhenian Sea), with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (07), 1371-1387., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001380
page(s): 1385 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of Kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Corriero, G.; Abbiati, M.; Santangelo, G. (1997). Sponges inhabiting a Mediteranean red coral population. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18 (2), 147-155.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Yahel, R.; Huchon, D.; Ilan, M. (2018). Shedding light on an East-Mediterranean mesophotic sponge ground community and the regional sponge fauna. <em>Mediterranean marine science.</em> 19(1): 84-106., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13853
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Naveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. <em>Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 165 pp.
page(s): 148-149 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2156 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.003
page(s): Supplementary data [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Roveta, C.; Marrocco, T.; Calcinai, B.; Pulido Mantas, T.; Pica, D.; Valisano, L.; Puce, S. (2022). Unravelling the sponge diversity of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 89(1): 310-323., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2042406
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Reverter, M.; Pérez, T.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Banaigs, B. (2016). Secondary Metabolome Variability and Inducible Chemical Defenses in the Mediterranean Sponge <i>Aplysina cavernicola</i>. <em>Journal of Chemical Ecology.</em> 42(1): 60-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0664-9 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959) MNHN D.JV-186, geounit Western Mediterranean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | verongia cavernícola | [details] |
| English | yellow cave-sponge | [details] |
| French | éponge cavernicole jaune | [details] |
| Italian | spugna cavernicola gialla | [details] |
| Spanish | verongia cavernícola | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina cavernicola)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina cavernicola)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Verongia cavernicola Vacelet, 1959)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090896)
