Spongia officinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dictyoceratida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Keratosa Ordo: Dictyoceratida

Familia: Spongiidae
Genus: Spongia
Subgenus: Spongia (Spongia)
Species: Spongia officinalis
Varietas (2): S. o. var. exigua – S. o. var. irregularis

Name

Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759: 1348

Neotype: BMNH 1883.12.4.28. [designated by Burton (1934: 575); considered unjustified by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994)]
Type locality: Mediterranean.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Cook, S.D.C., & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1051-1060. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
Díaz, Humberto., Bevilacqua, Marina. y Bone, David. 1985. Esponjas del Parque Nacional Morrocoy. Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana. Caracas. 64p.
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). 2008. Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest., and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Links

Spongia officinalis in the World Register of Marine Species
Spongia officinalis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ZipCodeZoo.com: Spongia officinalis (Dalmatische Spons;badspons)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Spongia officinalis

Vernacular names

беларуская: Грэчаская губка
Deutsch: Tafelschwamm
Ελληνικά: Φίνο
English: Turkey cup sponge
magyar: Mosdószivacs
italiano: Spugna da bagno
日本語: モクヨクカイメン
Nederlands: Badspons
shqip: Sfungjeri i tualetit

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