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Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767)
134025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134025)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium cotoneum Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (nomen oblitum)
Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cydonium gigas (Schmidt, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cydonium muelleri var. hispanica Ferrer Hernández, 1914 · unaccepted (gene transfer and junior synonym)
Cydonium simplex (Schmidt, 1870) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862 · unaccepted
Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Geodia muelleri var. hispanica (Ferrer Hernandez, 1914) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted
Geodia zetlandica Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Geodia cydonium aegagropila Corriero, 1989
- Forma Geodia cydonium f. berryi (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Geodia berryi (Sollas, 1888)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1295 [details]
page(s): 1295 [details]
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Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy There are rivalling names for this species (see list of synonyms). The present name, considered valid, is based on...
Taxonomy There are rivalling names for this species (see list of synonyms). The present name, considered valid, is based on Alcyonium cydonium Jameson, 1811. This is a junior homonym of Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767 and also of Alcyonium cydonium sensu Müller, 1796. For that reason, the latter name was replaced by Fleming, 1828 with the name Cydonium muelleri. However, since Müller's A. cydonium has been demonstrated to be not a sponge, this replacement name is unvailable for the present species. Jameson's Alcyonium cydonium is a Geodia, and thus it becomes available as Geodia cydonium. [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. Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134025 on 2024-09-08
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original description
(of Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 50; pl IV fig 9 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1295 [details]
original description (of Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 516 [details]
original description (of Geodia zetlandica Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 195-197, plate III (figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Cydonium muelleri var. hispanica Ferrer Hernández, 1914) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 14-15 [details]
original description (of Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium cotoneum Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 359 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1934). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Première partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 650: 1-42.
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
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additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1972). A preliminary study on the silicious Sponge (Porifera) Fauna of Engeceli Limani in the Gulf of Izmir (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 143, 1-25 (in Turkish).
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additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
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additional source Pansini, M.; Morri, C.; Bianchi, C.N. (2000). The sponge community of a subtidal area with hydrothermal vents: Milos island, Aegean Sea. <em>Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science.</em> 51, 627-635.
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additional source Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L.; Gristina, M.; Riggio, S.; Mercurio, M. (1997). Composizione tassonomica e distribuzione della fauna e Poriferi e Briozoi in una grotta semisommersa della riserva naturale marina "Isola di Ustica". <em>Biologia Marina Mediterranea.</em> 4 (1), 34-43.
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additional source Corriero, G.; Pansini, M.; Sarà, M. (1984). Sui Poriferi della insenatura della Strea a Porto Cesareo (Lecce). <em>Thalassia Salentina.</em> 14, 1-10.
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additional source Gerovasileiou, V.; Voultsiadou, E. (2012). Marine Caves of the Mediterranean Sea: A Sponge Biodiversity Reservoir within a Biodiversity Hotspot. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 7(7): e39873., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039873
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additional source Scalera-Liaci, L.; Sciscioli, M.; Fiordiponti, F. (1976). Distribuzione dei Poriferi del mar Piccolo di Taronto. <em>Oebalia.</em> 2, 3-19.
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additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
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additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
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additional source Santucci, R. (1922). La Geodia cydonium come centro di associazione biologica. <em>Memorie Comitato Talassografico ltaliano.</em> 103, 5-19. [details]
additional source Grech, D.; Van de Poll, B.; Bertolino, M.; Rosso, A.; Guala, I. (2020). Massive stranding event revealed the occurrence of an overlooked and ecosystem engineer sponge. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12526-020-01105-4#citeas [details] Available for editors
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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
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additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1972 [1970]). Report on a collection of sponges from the Bay of Naples. 1. Sclerospongiae, Lithistida, Tetractinellida, Epipolasida. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli.</em> 38 (2): 328-354.
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additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
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additional source 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.
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additional source 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.
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additional source Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
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additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
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additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Mercurio, M.; Pierri, C.; Cardone, F.; Corriero, G. (2021). Temporal and Spatial Variations of <i>Geodia cydonium</i> (Jameson) (Porifera, Demospongiae) in the Mediterranean Confined Environments. <em>Diversity.</em> 13 (615): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120615
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additional source Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329.
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additional source Do, C. Thung. (2022). Biodiversity spongia in the marine waters from Hon Me (Thanh Hoa) to Hai Van - Son Tra (Thua Thien Hue). <em>Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology.</em> 22(4): 387-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/18019
page(s): Appendix; note: Checklist, no description, this is probably a mis-identification since this species is not present in Vietnam. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
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additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 626-627 [details]
biology source Sciscioli, M.; Lepore, E.; Gherardi, M.; Scalera-Liaci, L. (1994). Transfer of symbiotic bacteria in the mature oocyte of <i>Geodia cydonium</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae): an ultrastructural study. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35: 471-478. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 50; pl IV fig 9 [details]
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original description (of Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1295 [details]
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original description (of Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 516 [details]
original description (of Geodia zetlandica Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 195-197, plate III (figs. 3-4) [details]
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original description (of Cydonium muelleri var. hispanica Ferrer Hernández, 1914) Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 14-15 [details]
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original description (of Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 70 [details]
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original description (of Alcyonium cotoneum Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. <em>[book].</em> pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 359 [details]
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additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 106 [details]
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additional source Topsent, E. (1934). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco. (Première partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 650: 1-42.
page(s): 2 [details]
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additional source Uriz, M.J. (1981). Estudio sistemático de las esponjas Astrophorida (Demospongia) de los fondos de pesca de arrastre, entre Tossa y Calella (Cataluña). <em>Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía.</em> 6(4):7-58.
page(s): 14-21 [details]
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
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additional source Corriero, G. (1989). The sponge fauna from the Stagnone di Marsala (Sicily): taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Bolletino Museo Istituto Biologia Università Genova.</em> 53: 101-113.
page(s): 103-104; fig 1B & D [details]
additional source Ben Mustapha, K; Zarrouk, S.; Souissi, A.; El Abed, A. (2003). Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. <em>Bulletin Institut national des Sciences et Technologies de la mer de Salammbô.</em> 30, 55-78.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lombas, I. (1982). Distribución, de esponjas esciafilas en la zona intermareal de Aramar (Luanco, Asturias). <em>Boletim de Ciencias Naturales IDEA.</em> 29: 37-50.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sarà, M. (1958). Contributo all consoscenza dei Poriferi del Mar Ligure. <em>Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova.</em> 70(1): 207-244.
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Laubier, L. (1966). Le coralligène des Albères. Monographie biocénotique. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Nouvelle Série.</em> 43:137-316, figs. 1-12, plates I-VI, maps 1-2. (look up in IMIS)
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additional source Cabioch, L. (1973). Additions à l'inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff (n.s.).</em> 20 (31): 5-6.
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additional source Pansini, M. (1987). Report on a collection of Demospongiae from soft bottoms of the Eastern Adriatic Sea. <i>In</i>: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. <em>Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station.</em> 1, 41-53.
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additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Ledoyer, M.; Saldanha, L.; Zibrowius, H. (2001 [2005]). Peuplement benthique des grottes sous-marines de Sagres (Portugal, Atlantique nord-oriental). <i>In</i>: Biscoito, M., A.J. Almeida & P. Ré (Eds). A Tribute to Luiz Saldanha. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> Sup. 6: 15-38.
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additional source 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. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Voultsiadou, E. (2005). Sponge diversity in the Aegean Sea: Check list and new information. <em>Italian Zoology.</em> 72 (1): 53-64.
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additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
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additional source Labate, M. (1964). Poriferi di grotta superficiale del litorale adriatico pugliese. <em>Annali del Pontificio Istituto Scienze e Lettere S. Chiara, Napoli.</em> 14, 319-342.
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
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additional source 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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additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1972). A preliminary study on the silicious Sponge (Porifera) Fauna of Engeceli Limani in the Gulf of Izmir (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 143, 1-25 (in Turkish).
page(s): 5-7; pl I fig 2, fig 1 [details]
additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1973). Report on the Sponges (Porifera) occuring on <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> (L.) at the coast of Altinomuk, Edremit Bay (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 168, 1-21 (in Turkish).
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additional source Topaloğlu, B. (2001). Sponge fauna in the littoral zone of the Marmara Sea. <em>Rapports et Procès Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée,.</em> 36, 421.
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additional source Pansini, M.; Morri, C.; Bianchi, C.N. (2000). The sponge community of a subtidal area with hydrothermal vents: Milos island, Aegean Sea. <em>Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science.</em> 51, 627-635.
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additional source Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L.; Gristina, M.; Riggio, S.; Mercurio, M. (1997). Composizione tassonomica e distribuzione della fauna e Poriferi e Briozoi in una grotta semisommersa della riserva naturale marina "Isola di Ustica". <em>Biologia Marina Mediterranea.</em> 4 (1), 34-43.
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additional source Corriero, G.; Pansini, M.; Sarà, M. (1984). Sui Poriferi della insenatura della Strea a Porto Cesareo (Lecce). <em>Thalassia Salentina.</em> 14, 1-10.
page(s): 4-6; fig 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gerovasileiou, V.; Voultsiadou, E. (2012). Marine Caves of the Mediterranean Sea: A Sponge Biodiversity Reservoir within a Biodiversity Hotspot. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 7(7): e39873., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039873
page(s): Table S1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Scalera-Liaci, L.; Sciscioli, M.; Fiordiponti, F. (1976). Distribuzione dei Poriferi del mar Piccolo di Taronto. <em>Oebalia.</em> 2, 3-19.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 219-224; Lám. 4b [details] Available for editors
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additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
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additional source Santucci, R. (1922). La Geodia cydonium come centro di associazione biologica. <em>Memorie Comitato Talassografico ltaliano.</em> 103, 5-19. [details]
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additional source Grech, D.; Van de Poll, B.; Bertolino, M.; Rosso, A.; Guala, I. (2020). Massive stranding event revealed the occurrence of an overlooked and ecosystem engineer sponge. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5)., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12526-020-01105-4#citeas [details] Available for editors
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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1972 [1970]). Report on a collection of sponges from the Bay of Naples. 1. Sclerospongiae, Lithistida, Tetractinellida, Epipolasida. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli.</em> 38 (2): 328-354.
page(s): 335-336 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 457 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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.
page(s): 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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.
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additional source Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 67 [details]
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additional source Đorđević, N.; Petović, S. (2020). Diversity and distribution of class Demospongiae (phylum Porifera) in the Boka Kotorska bay. <em>Studia Marina.</em> 33 (2): 5-14., available online at http://www.studiamarina.ac.me/pdf/33/No2/Diversity%20and%20distribution%20of%20Demospongiae%20in%20BKB.pdf
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Mercurio, M.; Pierri, C.; Cardone, F.; Corriero, G. (2021). Temporal and Spatial Variations of <i>Geodia cydonium</i> (Jameson) (Porifera, Demospongiae) in the Mediterranean Confined Environments. <em>Diversity.</em> 13 (615): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120615
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329.
page(s): 320 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Do, C. Thung. (2022). Biodiversity spongia in the marine waters from Hon Me (Thanh Hoa) to Hai Van - Son Tra (Thua Thien Hue). <em>Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology.</em> 22(4): 387-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/1859-3097/18019
page(s): Appendix; note: Checklist, no description, this is probably a mis-identification since this species is not present in Vietnam. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Evcen, A.; Özalp, B. (2023). Marine invertebrate fauna (Porifera, Anthozoa) and biodiversity status on the historically important wreck sites of HMS Majestic and Helles Barges (Northern Aegean coast of Türkiye). pp. 56-72 <i>in</i> Öz, M.İ. (Ed.) 2023. Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 69, İstanbul, Türkiye.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 626-627 [details]
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biology source Sciscioli, M.; Lepore, E.; Gherardi, M.; Scalera-Liaci, L. (1994). Transfer of symbiotic bacteria in the mature oocyte of <i>Geodia cydonium</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae): an ultrastructural study. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35: 471-478. [details] Available for editors
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Reproduction Transfer of symbiotic bacteria in the mature oocyte of Geodia cydonium (Porifera, Demospongiae). Oviparous sponge [details]Taxonomy There are rivalling names for this species (see list of synonyms). The present name, considered valid, is based on Alcyonium cydonium Jameson, 1811. This is a junior homonym of Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767 and also of Alcyonium cydonium sensu Müller, 1796. For that reason, the latter name was replaced by Fleming, 1828 with the name Cydonium muelleri. However, since Müller's A. cydonium has been demonstrated to be not a sponge, this replacement name is unvailable for the present species. Jameson's Alcyonium cydonium is a Geodia, and thus it becomes available as Geodia cydonium. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | giant sponge | [details] |
German | Stinkender AnkerschwammRiesenschwammRiesenkieselschwamm | [details] |
Russian | Геодия кидонийская | [details] |
Turkish | sunger | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geodia cydonium)
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Geodia cydonium)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 7635) (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geodia cydonium)
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Geodia cydonium)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 7635) (from synonym Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862)
To ITIS