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Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879) 
AphiaID: 266969

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 officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879 (genus transfer and rank elevation)
Spongia lamella Schulze, 1879 (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Schulze, F.E. 1879b. Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 32: 593-660, pls XXXIV-XXXVIII. [details]

basis of record: Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. 2008. Mediterranean commercial sponges: over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage. Marine Ecology 29: 146-166. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Catalan orella d'elefant  [details]
English elephant ear  [details]
French oreille d'éléphant  [details]
Italian orecchio d'elefante  [details]
Spanish oreja de elefantes  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Aegean Sea [details]
Croatia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
Specimen  Neotype (from synonym): MSNG 54199, locality Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Sicily) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  This replaces the name Spongia agaricina for Mediterranean Elephant Ear sponges. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266969
Taxonomic
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2008-01-09 18:44:40Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879). 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=266969 on 2013-05-23
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