Human usage of mermaid's glove sponge ( Isodictya palmata ) on the Faroes

There is very little documentation on the economic importance of locally available marine sponges (Porifera) in north-western Europe. From Iceland and the Faroe Islands there are records of naming and using the so-called mermaid's glove sponge ( Isodictya palmata ) especially for cleaning purpo...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Author: Svanberg, Ingvar
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
Subjects:
Aquatic Science
Faroe Islands
Faroes
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407060766
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315407060766 2024-03-03T08:44:14+00:00 Human usage of mermaid's glove sponge ( Isodictya palmata ) on the Faroes Svanberg, Ingvar 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407060766 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315407060766 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 87, issue 6, page 1773-1775 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 2007 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407060766 2024-02-08T08:36:34Z There is very little documentation on the economic importance of locally available marine sponges (Porifera) in north-western Europe. From Iceland and the Faroe Islands there are records of naming and using the so-called mermaid's glove sponge ( Isodictya palmata ) especially for cleaning purposes. As late as in the 1940s, school children in the Faroe Islands gathered this sponge and used it to clean the slate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes Iceland Cambridge University Press Faroe Islands Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 6 1773 1775
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