Aplysina fistularis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Porifera
- Class: Demospongiae
- Order: Verongiida
- Family: Aplysinidae
- Genus: Aplysina
- Species: Aplysina fistularis
Visual Description
Across image records for Aplysina fistularis, the species is visually characterized by a bright yellow to orange-brown coloration and a tube-like growth form (“yellow tube sponge” / “candle sponge”). Individuals typically present as one or more upright, cylindrical/tubular structures arising from a basal attachment area, rather than as encrusting mats.
General Biology
- Aplysina fistularis is a sessile marine sponge (Demospongiae; order Verongiida) with wide oscula and thin-walled tube structures.
Biomedical / Material Relevance (chitin)
In biomedical research, purified chitin scaffolds derived from Aplysina fistularis have been tested as scaffold materials for tissue-engineering applications. A 2023 study reported that A. fistularis–derived chitin scaffolds (including a hydroxyapatite-modified variant) supported adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation-related readouts in human dental pulp stem cells.
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References
- ↑ Dataset view for Animalia / Porifera / Demospongiae / Verongiida / Aplysinidae / Aplysina / fistularis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.