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(-) Catalan: esponja de cuir; patata de mar sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;TermCat, The Center for Terminology. English: chicken liver sponge; kidney sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp. French: éponge-cuir; éponge-rognon sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology. German: Lederschwamm; Nierenschwamm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp. Italian: spugna patata  Japanese: ジンゾウナンコツカイメン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21. Portuguese: esponja de vidro Spanish, Castillian: esponja de cuero Literatureoriginal description | Nardo, [G.D.]. (1847). Osservazioni anatomiche sopra l'animale marino detto volgarmente Rognone di mare. Atti delle Adunanze dell'I. R. Istituto Vveneto di Sscienze, Lettere ed Arti. 6: 267-276. | basis of record | Topsent, E. (1895). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. II.Carnosa. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. (3) 3: 493-590, pls XXI-XXII. | additional source | 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). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 131: 75-86. | additional source | Augier, H. (1985). Première contribution à l'étude et à la cartographie des biocénoses marines benthiques de l'île de Madère. 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