Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Keratosa > Order Dictyoceratida > Family Spongiidae > Genus Spongia > Subgenus Spongia (Spongia)

Spongia (Spongia) zimocca Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spongia*	Linnaeus, 1759	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spongia zimocca*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Arabic: zimoukha

English: leather sponge

French: fine dure, chimousse

Greek: Τσιμούχα = ‘Tsimoucha’ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Tsimoca

Literature

basis of record	Castritsi-Catharios, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Kefalas, E.; Vacelet, J. (2011). Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, Spongia (Spongia) zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida). Zootaxa. 2812: 41–62.
additional source	Idan, T.; Shefer, S.; Feldstein, T.; Ilan, M. (2021). New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 22 (2): 270-284.
additional source	Costa, G.; Giussani, V.; Kletou, D.; Kleitou, P.; Pansini, M.; Setti, A.; Pronzato, R.; Bertolino, M. (2018). A first preliminary study of the shallow water sponge fauna from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 4450(5): 594.

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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) zimocca Schmidt, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165251