WoRMS taxon details
Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
170988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170988)
accepted
Species
Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Donatia japonica var. albanensis Hentschel, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Donatia robusta (Bowerbank, 1873) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Tethea robusta Bowerbank, 1873 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tethea robusta Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 3-25, pls I-IV.
page(s): 10-11 [details]
page(s): 10-11 [details]
Homonymy This is a senior secondary homonym of Tethya robusta Carter, 1887. Since the latter has been reassigned to Cinachyrella the...
Description Spherical, up to 2 cm diameter. Surface divided into raised polygonal areas separated by inhalant channels. Tough...
Homonymy This is a senior secondary homonym of Tethya robusta Carter, 1887. Since the latter has been reassigned to Cinachyrella the homonymy has been removed. [details]
Description Spherical, up to 2 cm diameter. Surface divided into raised polygonal areas separated by inhalant channels. Tough...
Description Spherical, up to 2 cm diameter. Surface divided into raised polygonal areas separated by inhalant channels. Tough pinkish-orange rind, 2-3 mm thick, over a softer mustard gold interior with tough radiating spicule tracts. Habitat: shallow lagoons on coral rubble in crevices, under rock. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Allied species T. seychellensis (Richmond, 1997). [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. Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170988 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Tethea robusta Bowerbank, 1873) Bowerbank, J.S. (1873). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part IV. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 3-25, pls I-IV.
page(s): 10-11 [details]
original description (of Donatia japonica var. albanensis Hentschel, 1909) Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905.</em> 2 :21.
page(s): 874 [details]
original description (of Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906) Topsent, E. (1906). Eponges recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier dans la Mer Rouge. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 12 (7): 557-570.
page(s): 567-568 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Cheung, P. S. C. (1991). An intertidal survey Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong with special reference to the ecology of high-zoned rock pools. <em>Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (1992). New-Guinean <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera Demospongiae) from Laing Island with description of three new species. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 33: 447-467. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 458-460 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156.
page(s): 148 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sarà, M.; Corriero, G.; Bavestrello, G. (1993). <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae) species coexisting in a Maldivian coral reef lagoon: taxonomical, genetic and ecological data. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 14(4): 341-355.
page(s): 346 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63. [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Morton, J.E.; Tizard, C.A. (1971). Some Demospongiae from the Solomon Islands with descriptive notes on the major sponge habitats. <em>Micronesica.</em> 7 (1-2): 99-121.
page(s): 102 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1969). Shallow water Demospongiae from Heron Island. <em>University of Queensland Papers Great Barrier Reef Committee Heron Island Research Station.</em> 1 (4): 62-72.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 330 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 76-78 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1982). A small collection of sponges (Porifera) from Hong Kong. <i>In:</i> B.S.Morton & C.K. Tseng (eds) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. <em>(Proceedings 1st International Marine Biolology Workshop).</em> p. 85-95.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Kelly-Borges, M. (1991). An evaluation of the genus <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the Southwest Pacific. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8( 1): 37-72.
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71-72 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1986 [1980]). Demospongiae of Minicoy Island (Indian Ocean). - Part 3. Orders Halichondrida, Hadromerida, Epipolasida and Choristida. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India-.</em> 22 (1-2): 8-20.
page(s): 12-14 [details]
page(s): 10-11 [details]
original description (of Donatia japonica var. albanensis Hentschel, 1909) Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905.</em> 2 :21.
page(s): 874 [details]
original description (of Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906) Topsent, E. (1906). Eponges recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier dans la Mer Rouge. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 12 (7): 557-570.
page(s): 567-568 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Cheung, P. S. C. (1991). An intertidal survey Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong with special reference to the ecology of high-zoned rock pools. <em>Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (1992). New-Guinean <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera Demospongiae) from Laing Island with description of three new species. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 33: 447-467. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 458-460 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156.
page(s): 148 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Sarà, M.; Corriero, G.; Bavestrello, G. (1993). <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae) species coexisting in a Maldivian coral reef lagoon: taxonomical, genetic and ecological data. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 14(4): 341-355.
page(s): 346 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 233: 1-63. [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1979). Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques.</em> 227: 1-73, pls I-III.
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Morton, J.E.; Tizard, C.A. (1971). Some Demospongiae from the Solomon Islands with descriptive notes on the major sponge habitats. <em>Micronesica.</em> 7 (1-2): 99-121.
page(s): 102 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1969). Shallow water Demospongiae from Heron Island. <em>University of Queensland Papers Great Barrier Reef Committee Heron Island Research Station.</em> 1 (4): 62-72.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. <em>In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers.</em> 205-365.
page(s): 330 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Lim, S.C.; de Voogd, N.J.; Tan, K.S. (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Science Centre Singapore, pp. 1-173.
page(s): 76-78 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Thomas, P.A.; Pillai, C.S.G.; Rajagopalan, M.S. (1996). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Kutch. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 8 (1-2): 124-132.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1982). A small collection of sponges (Porifera) from Hong Kong. <i>In:</i> B.S.Morton & C.K. Tseng (eds) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. <em>(Proceedings 1st International Marine Biolology Workshop).</em> p. 85-95.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bergquist, P.R.; Kelly-Borges, M. (1991). An evaluation of the genus <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the Southwest Pacific. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8( 1): 37-72.
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Thomas, P.A. (1973). Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). <em>Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Sciences zoologiques.</em> (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71-72 [details]
additional source Thomas, P.A. (1986 [1980]). Demospongiae of Minicoy Island (Indian Ocean). - Part 3. Orders Halichondrida, Hadromerida, Epipolasida and Choristida. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India-.</em> 22 (1-2): 8-20.
page(s): 12-14 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906) MNHN DT 2704 ?, geounit Gulf of Aden [details]
Unknown type (of Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906) MNHN DT 2704, geounit Gulf of Aden [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy This is a senior secondary homonym of Tethya robusta Carter, 1887. Since the latter has been reassigned to Cinachyrella the homonymy has been removed. [details]From regional or thematic species database
Specimen M.R.A.C. no 507 D. [details]From other sources
Description Spherical, up to 2 cm diameter. Surface divided into raised polygonal areas separated by inhalant channels. Tough pinkish-orange rind, 2-3 mm thick, over a softer mustard gold interior with tough radiating spicule tracts. Habitat: shallow lagoons on coral rubble in crevices, under rock. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Allied species T. seychellensis (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | golfball sponge | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tethea robusta Bowerbank, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Donatia robusta (Bowerbank, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Donatia robusta (Bowerbank, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Donatia arabica Topsent, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
