Overview
Distribution
Amazonia, Bahamian, Belize, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eastern Caribbean, Floridian, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Panama, South West Atlantic, Southern Caribbean, Tropical Northwestern Atlantic, Venezuela
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Laubenfels, M.W. De 1953a. Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico.Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2(3): 511-557.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7792
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Wiedenmayer, F. 1977b. Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8586
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Pinheiro, U.S.; Hajdu, E.; Custodio, M.R. 2007. Aplysina Nardo (Porifera, Verongida, Aplysinidae) from the Brazilian coast with description of eight new species. Zootaxa 1609: 1-51.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=43158
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. 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. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7780
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Van Soest, R.W.M. 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56 (179): 1–94.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8474
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Wilson, H.V. 1902 [1900]. The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 2: 375-411.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8594
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Collette, B.B.; Rützler, K. 1977. Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River. Proceedings 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, U.S.A. pp. 305-310.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=133570
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Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145466
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Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=43903
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Physical Description
Type Information
Holotype for Aplysina fragilis Wilson, 1902
Catalog Number: USNM 7702
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Year Collected: 1899
Locality: Humacao, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 18 to 18
Vessel: Fish Hawk R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 7702
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Year Collected: 1899
Locality: Humacao, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 18 to 18
Vessel: Fish Hawk R/V
- Holotype: Wilson. 1902. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 20(2): 408-409.
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Ecology
Habitat
Known from seamounts and knolls
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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145453
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Depth range based on 8 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 5 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3 - 270
Temperature range (°C): 16.213 - 27.399
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 5.244
Salinity (PPS): 35.655 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.563 - 4.826
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.104 - 0.504
Silicate (umol/l): 1.725 - 3.450
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 3 - 270
Temperature range (°C): 16.213 - 27.399
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 5.244
Salinity (PPS): 35.655 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.563 - 4.826
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.104 - 0.504
Silicate (umol/l): 1.725 - 3.450
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 5 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3 - 270
Temperature range (°C): 16.213 - 27.399
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 5.244
Salinity (PPS): 35.655 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.563 - 4.826
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.104 - 0.504
Silicate (umol/l): 1.725 - 3.450
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 3 - 270
Temperature range (°C): 16.213 - 27.399
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 5.244
Salinity (PPS): 35.655 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.563 - 4.826
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.104 - 0.504
Silicate (umol/l): 1.725 - 3.450
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Aplysina fulva
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
No available public DNA sequences.
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No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Aplysina fulva
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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