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Some Remarks on the Mediterranean Species of the Genus Aplysina (Demospongiae, Verongida)

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The study of numerous specimens belonging to the genus Aplysina from the North Aegean Sea, illustrated that, although they have been found at different depths, they do not seem to belong to two separate species, as indicated by the bibliographical data. The existence of two separate species of this genus in the Mediterranean Sea should possibly be reexamined.

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Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E. (1987). Some Remarks on the Mediterranean Species of the Genus Aplysina (Demospongiae, Verongida). In: Vacelet, J., Boury-Esnault, N. (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera. NATO ASI Series, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3_14

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