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Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862) 
AphiaID: 165216

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > Spongia (Spongia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
Synonymised
taxa
  Ditela nitens Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer)
Spongia nitens (Schmidt, 1862) (subgenus assignment)
Spongia officinalis nitens (Schmidt, 1862) (status change)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mustapha, K.B.,Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003.Diversite Des Desmosponges Tunisiennes.Bull.Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30 [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Aegean Sea [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Croatia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Atlantic [details]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
Tunisia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Africa [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): LMJG , locality Adriatic Sea [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165216
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-01-14 16:18:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2008-05-17 18:49:07Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) nitens (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165216 on 2013-05-23
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