MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862

Porifera name details

Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862

AphiaID

132404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132404)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862

Rank

Species

Parent

Spongia Linnaeus, 1759

Original name

Spongia mollissima Schmidt, 1862

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23 [details]

Type data

Neotype MSNG 54200, geounit Levantine Sea

Neotype MSNG 54200, geounit Levantine Sea [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 mollissima Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132404 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-05-19 10:23:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2015-04-17 14:52:39Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2019-02-07 07:47:55Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

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original description Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23 [details]

basis of record Pronzato, R.; Manconi, R. (2008). Mediterranean commercial sponges: over 5000 years of natural history and cultural heritage. Marine Ecology. 29 (2), 146-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00235.x
page(s): 152-153 [details] Available for editors

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additional source 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: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]