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Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862 
AphiaID: 165251

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		  Euspongia zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
 Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862 (subgenus assignment)
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: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Arabic zimoukha  [details]
English leather sponge  [details]
French fine dure, chimousse  [details]
Italian spugna (from synonym)  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Τσιμούχα = ‘Tsimoucha’  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aegean Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greece (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Mexico (not valid) [details]
Tunisia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): LMJG , locality Greece [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Note  The word "zimocca" derived from Turkish word : Tsimoca which means "strong, hard" (Ghazi Bitar personal communication) [details]
Images 
Spongia zimocca lectotype from Graz
Spongia zimocca lectotype from Graz
added on 2012-12-06 - author: Vacelet Jean
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2012-12-06 17:22:15

Spongia officinalis specimen from Strasbourg Museum, upper face
Spongia officinalis specimen from Strasbourg Museum, upper face
added on 2012-12-06 - author: Vacelet Jean
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2012-12-06 17:23:54

Spongia zimocca Museum of Strasbourg specimen from Lutzig collection
Spongia zimocca Museum of Strasbourg specimen from Lutzig collection
added on 2012-12-06 - author: Vacelet, Jean
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2012-12-06 17:27:17
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165251
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-05-17 18:49:07Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) zimocca 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=165251 on 2013-05-25
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