Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chelonaplysilla violacea
Esponja, Sponge
This species has been found only at Beagle Rocks in the Galaapgos Archipiélago, 8-11 m. However, it is a common Pacific species (Hickman, et al. 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Dendroceratida
Family
Darwinellidae
Genus
Chelonaplysilla
Species
violacea
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, American Samoa, Northern Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Palau, Guam, Colombian Pacific,Galapagos Islands: Beagle Rocks (Sim-Smith et al., 2021)
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chelonaplysilla violacea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18816. Accessed 31 October 2026.