WoRMS taxon details
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
169642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169642)
accepted
Species
Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Luffaria cauliformis var. elongoreticulata Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Luffaria cauliformis var. rufa Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Luffaria elongoreticulata Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Luffaria rufa Carter, 1882 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Verongia cauliformis (Carter, 1882) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details] 
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Please note that this is based on Carter's Luffaria cauliformis (1882 p. 268). This is not Aplysina cauliformis Carter,...
Taxonomy Please note that this is based on Carter's Luffaria cauliformis (1882 p. 268). This is not Aplysina cauliformis Carter, 1882: 270, which is a Callyspongia. [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 cauliformis (Carter, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169642 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Luffaria elongoreticulata Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria rufa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis var. rufa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis var. elongoreticulata Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 23-24; pl 5 fig 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 68-69 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Luffaria rufa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis var. rufa Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Luffaria cauliformis var. elongoreticulata Carter, 1882) Carter, H.J. (1882). Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 9(52): 266-301, 346-368, pls XI-XII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194801#page/360/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 23-24; pl 5 fig 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 68-69 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Ritter, J. (2000). The sponges of Bermuda. BBSR - Unpub. report. [details]
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): 57-59 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R. (2007). <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1609: 1-51.
page(s): 8-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 41-42 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 26 [details]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 15-16 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 87-88 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tsurumi, M.; Reiswig, H.M. (1997). Sexual versus asexual reproduction in an oviparous rope-form sponge, <i>Aplysina cauliformis</i> (Porifera; Verongida). <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 32 (1): 1-9. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 417 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 62-63; pl XI 1, XII 2 [details]
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): 57-59 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custódio, M.R. (2007). <i>Aplysina</i> Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1609: 1-51.
page(s): 8-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
page(s): 41-42 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 26 [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2017). Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4217: 1-225., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1
page(s): 15-16 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 87-88 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tsurumi, M.; Reiswig, H.M. (1997). Sexual versus asexual reproduction in an oviparous rope-form sponge, <i>Aplysina cauliformis</i> (Porifera; Verongida). <em>Invertebrate Reproduction and Development.</em> 32 (1): 1-9. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lizarazo, N.; Zea, S. (2024). Sponges in the continental shelf (73 – 210 m) of the southwestern area of Isla Fuerte and Alta Guajira, with the description of new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras.</em> 53(1): 87-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2024.53.1.1266
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 417 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1978). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 56 (179): 1–94.
page(s): 62-63; pl XI 1, XII 2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Please note that this is based on Carter's Luffaria cauliformis (1882 p. 268). This is not Aplysina cauliformis Carter, 1882: 270, which is a Callyspongia. [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Verongia cauliformis (Carter, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina cauliformis)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Verongia cauliformis (Carter, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysina cauliformis)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Luffaria cauliformis Carter, 1882)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Aplysina cauliformis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (8 records) (from synonym Verongia longissima sensu de Laubenfels, 1936)
To ITIS
