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Spongia (Spongia) mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
AphiaID
1325693
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1325693)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Keratosa
Dictyoceratida
Spongiidae
Spongia
Spongia (Spongia)
Spongia (Spongia) mollissima
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Spongia (Spongia)
Linnaeus, 1759
Original name
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised names
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
·
alternative representation
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
(of
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)
Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23
[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 (Spongia) mollissima
Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325693 on 2026-10-14
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Spongia (Spongia) mollissima
Schmidt, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325693 on 2026-10-14
Taxonomic edit history
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Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (4)
original description
(of
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)
Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 23
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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Definitions
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
(from synonym
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spongia mollissima)
(from synonym
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
(from synonym
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)
To PESI
(from synonym
Spongia mollissima
Schmidt, 1862
)