Aplysina

Aplysina (also known as Aplysia, Luffaria, and Verongia) is the name of a genus of demosponges within the phylum Porifera. It was first authenticated and described by Nardo in 1834.[1]

Aplysina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Verongimorpha
Order: Verongida
Family: Aplysinidae
Genus: Aplysina

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aplysina Nardo, 1834". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

Aplysia is a genus of medium-sized to extremely large sea slugs, specifically sea hares, which are one clade of large sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks.

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