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Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Porifera
class
Demospongiae
order
Dictyoceratida
family
Spongiidae
genus
Hippospongia
species
Hippospongia communis

Name

Synonyms
Euspongia equina (Schmidt, 1862)
Hippiospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)
Hippospongia communis var. equina Schmidt, 1862
Hippospongia equina (Schmidt, 1862)
Hippospongia fusca (Lamarck, 1814), 1814
Spongia communis Lamarck, 1814
Spongia communis aurantia Lamarck, 1814
Spongia communis fusca Lamarck, 1814
Spongia communis lutea Lamarck, 1814
Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862
Homonyms
Hippospongia communis (Lamarck, 1814)
Common names
Pferdeschwamm in German
honeycomb in language.
horse sponge in English
horse sponge in language.
sfungjeri me zgavra in Albanian
spugna equina in Italian
spugna equina in Italian
Καπάδικο in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Pferdeschwamm in German
horse sponge in English
sfungjeri me zgavra in Albanian
spugna equina in Italian
Καπάδικο in Greek, Modern (1453-)

Bibliographic References

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  2. Bibiloni, M-A; Gili,J-M. (1982). Primera aportación al conocimiento de las cuevas de la Isla de Mallorca. <em>Oecologia aquatica.</em> 6: 227-234.
  3. Boury-Esnault, N. (1971). Spongiaires de la zone rocheuse de Banyuls-sur-Mer. II. Systématique. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 22(2): 287-349.
  4. Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.
  5. Hussein, K.B.; Talet, L.B. (2019). A preliminary inventory of biodiversity and benthic habitats of “Plane” Island (Paloma) in Oran Bay, north western Algeria, (western Mediterranean). <em>Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment.</em> 25 (1): 49-72.
  6. Kefalas, E.; Castritsi-Catharios, I; Miliou, H. (2003). The impacts of scallop dredging on sponge assemblages in the Gulf of kalloni (Aegean Sea, northeastern Mediterranean). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 60, 402-10.
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  11. Pulitzer-Finali, G.; Pronzato, R. (1981 [1980]). The Keratosa in a collection of Mediterranean sponges mainly from the Italian coasts. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 83: 127-158.
  12. Rützler, K. (1965). Systematik und Ökologie der Poriferen aus Litoral-Schattengebieten der Nordadria. <em>Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere.</em> 55(1): 1-82.
  13. Santín, A.; Grinyó, J.; Ambroso, S.; Uriz, M.-J.; Gori, A.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gili, J.-M. (2018). Sponge assemblages on the deep Mediterranean continental shelf and slope (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea). <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 131: 75-86.
  14. Sarà, M. (1960). Poriferi del litorale dell'isola d'lschia e loro ripartizioneper ambienti. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli.</em> 31(3):421-472, pls XII-XIII.
  15. Uriz, M.J. (1979). Nota sobre algunas esponjas (Demonspongia) nuevas para el litoral iberico. <em>Primer Simposio de Bentos, San Sebastian 9-11 Abril 1979.</em> 65-86.
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  20. Voultsiadou-Koukoura, E.; Koukouras, A. (1993). Contribution to the knowledge of Keratose sponges (Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, Verongida: Demospongiae, Porifera) of the Aegean Sea. <em>Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin.</em> 69, 57-72.
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