Spongia officinalis subsp. mediterranea var. zimocciformis Hyatt, 1877

Spongia officinalis subsp. mediterranea var. zimocciformis Hyatt, 1877: 511 (no illustration).

Euspongia officinalis var. mollissima; Von Lendenfeld 1889: 268.

Hyatt’s name is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5). I propose to assign this material from the Adriatic to Spongia (Spongia) mollissima Schmidt, 1862 in accordance with Von Lendenfeld.