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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]  OpenAccess publication 
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. (2024). 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 2024-10-08
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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]  OpenAccess publication 

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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
 
 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]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
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]


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