WoRMS taxon details
Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862
165251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165251)
accepted
Species
Euspongia zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; fig II fig 2-4 [details]
page(s): 23; fig II fig 2-4 [details]
Lectotype LMJG 15470, geounit Levantine Sea
Lectotype LMJG 15470, geounit Levantine Sea [details]
Taxonomy The word "zimocca" derived from Turkish word : Tsimoca which means "strong, hard" (Ghazi Bitar personal communication)
Taxonomy The word "zimocca" derived from Turkish word : Tsimoca which means "strong, hard" (Ghazi Bitar personal communication) [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165251 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23; fig II fig 2-4 [details]
basis of record Castritsi-Catharios, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Kefalas, E.; Vacelet, J. (2011). Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, <i>Spongia (Spongia) zimocca</i> (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2812: 41–62.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 23; fig II fig 2-4 [details]
basis of record Castritsi-Catharios, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Kefalas, E.; Vacelet, J. (2011). Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, <i>Spongia (Spongia) zimocca</i> (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2812: 41–62.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4450(5): 594., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.7
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22 (2): 270-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25837
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype LMJG 15470, geounit Levantine Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The word "zimocca" derived from Turkish word : Tsimoca which means "strong, hard" (Ghazi Bitar personal communication) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | zimoukha | [details] |
| English | leather spongebrown Turkey cup sponge [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | fine dure, chimousse | [details] |
| German | Zimokkaschwamm [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | spugna [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Τσιμούχα = ‘Tsimoucha’ | [details] |
| Turkish | Tsimoca | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongia zimocca) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (13 records) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Euspongia zimocca (Schmidt, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002185.PR) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongia zimocca) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (13 records) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Euspongia zimocca (Schmidt, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (5 records) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 002185.PR) (from synonym Spongia zimocca Schmidt, 1862)
