''Aplysina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
sea sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through th ...
s in the order
Verongiida. It was first authenticated and described by
Giovanni Domenico Nardo in 1834.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Aplysina'':
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References
Sponge genera
Verongimorpha
Taxa named by Giovanni Domenico Nardo
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