Kauaʻi record · KCA-WOI-00014
Aplysilla rosea
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About Aplysilla rosea
Aplysilla rosea is a thin encrusting sponge with small pointed surface elevations, or conules. Published Mediterranean material forms irregular patches and has a branching organic-fibre skeleton rather than the mineral-spicule framework familiar in many other sponges. Its color is variable, so the species name should not be treated as a promise that every specimen is pink. Those reference descriptions help explain the named taxon; the historical Hawaiian record remains a separate occurrence claim that can be revisited when specimen evidence is available.
The Kauaʻi evidence comes from a historical source record dated 1996, retained as “Aplysilla rosea” in Appendix A printed p. 71 of the cited survey. This preserves evidence of the reported occurrence; it does not establish present-day distribution or abundance.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Aplysilla rosea
- Family
- Darwinellidae
- Order
- Dendroceratida
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical source record (1996); current presence not reassessed
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Aplysilla rosea is a thin encrusting sponge with small pointed surface elevations, or conules. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (1996).
Sources and further reading
- Coles, S.L., P.R. Reath, K. Longenecker, H. Bolick & L.G. Eldredge. 2004. Assessment of nonindigenous marine species in harbors and on nearby coral reefs on Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a. — Appendix A printed p. 71
- Manconi and colleagues (2013) — Mediterranean cave-dwelling horny sponges
- Recovery taxonomy reconciliation — World Porifera Database