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Tethya Lamarck, 1815 
AphiaID: 132077

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Alcyonium aurantium Pallas, 1766 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Tethyidae Gray, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Alcyonium sensu Pallas, 1766 (Preoccupied name: Alcyoniidae, Octocorallia)
Alemo Wright, 1881 (junior synonym)
Amniscos Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
Donatia Nardo, 1833 (junior synonym)
Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Tethea Johnston, 1842 (misspelling)
Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 (misspelling for Tethyorrhaphis)
Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 (junior synonym)
Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859 (misspelling)
Sources  original description: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1815 [1814]. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

basis of record: Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details]

from synonym: Johnston, G. 1842. A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh): i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Pallas, P.S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum. Van Cleef, Hagae-Comitum, pp. 1-451, available online at http://www.gdz-cms.de/no_cache/en/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=222048 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1924a. A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll.(Oken: Jena). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936b. A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. Proceedings of the United States National Museum83(2993): 441-466. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London): i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Wright, E.P. (1881). On a new genus and species of a sponge (Alemo seychellensis) with supposed heteromorphic zooids. Trans.Irish Academy 28: 13-20, pl. I (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lieberkühn, N. 1859. Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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taxa

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 Species Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950
Species Tethya acuta Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya amplexa Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya andamanensis (Dendy & Burton, 1926)
Species Tethya asbestella Lamarck, 1815
Species Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya beatrizae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya bergquistae Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
Species Tethya boeroi Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya brasiliana Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya bullae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya burtoni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Species Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
Species Tethya coccinea Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya communis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya comorensis Sarà, Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993
Species Tethya compacta Bergquist, 1961
Species Tethya cyanae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
Species Tethya dendyi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya densa Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870
Species Tethya ensis Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya expansa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya fastigiata Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Tethya flexuosa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya gigantea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Tethya globostellata Lendenfeld, 1897
Species Tethya globum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Species Tethya gunni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
Species Tethya hooperi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya ignis Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
Species Tethya irregularis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
Species Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888
Species Tethya laevis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Tethya levii Sarà, 1988
Species Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010
Species Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903
Species Tethya maza Selenka, 1879
Species Tethya mexicana Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya microstella Sarà, 1990
Species Tethya minuta Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Species Tethya monstrosa (Burton, 1924)
Species Tethya mortoni Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya multifida (Carter, 1882)
Species Tethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Tethya nicolae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872
Species Tethya novaecaledoniae Sarà, 1988
Species Tethya nux (Selenka, 1867)
Species Tethya omanensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
Species Tethya ornata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya orphei Sarà, 1990
Species Tethya ovum Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya papillosa (Thiele, 1905)
Species Tethya paroxeata Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya parvistella (Baer, 1906)
Species Tethya parvula Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya pellis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918)
Species Tethya popae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya pulchra Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya pulitzeri Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Species Tethya rubra Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881)
Species Tethya simi Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya socius Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya solangae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya sollasi Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya songakensis Kim & Sim, 2005
Species Tethya stellagrandis (Dendy, 1916)
Species Tethya stellodermis Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya stolonifera Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya strongylata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya taboga (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Species Tethya tasmaniae Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya tenuisclera Sarà & Corriero, 1994
Species Tethya topsenti Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya uljinensis Shim & Sim, 2008
Species Tethya varians Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
Species Tethya viridis (Baer, 1906)
Species Tethya wilhelma Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001

Species Tethya abyssorum Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Tethya affinis Kirkpatrick, 1900 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
Species Tethya amamensis Thiele, 1898 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
Species Tethya antarctica Carter, 1872 accepted as Cinachyra antarctica (Carter, 1872)
Species Tethya arabica Carter, 1869 accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869)
Species Tethya armata Baer, 1906 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886)
Species Tethya atropurpurea Carter, 1870 accepted as Craniella atropurpurea (Carter, 1870)
Species Tethya aurantia (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya australiensis Carter, 1886 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886)
Species Tethya australis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991 accepted as Tethya bergquistae Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
Species Tethya bistellata Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Tethya carnosus (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842)
Species Tethya casula Carter, 1871 accepted as Tetilla casula (Carter, 1871)
Species Tethya caudata Deszö, 1879 accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Tethya cavernosa Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Cinachyrella cavernosa (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Tethya clavigera Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Cinachyrella clavigera (Hentschel, 1912)
Species Tethya cliftoni Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
Species Tethya coactifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya cometes Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Halicometes cometes (Schmidt, 1879)
Species Tethya corticata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
Species Tethya cranium (Müller, 1776) accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Tethya crassispicula Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella crassispicula (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) accepted as Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)
Species Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869 accepted as Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869)
Species Tethya gemmiformis Burton & Rao in Sara, 2004 accepted as Burtonitethya gemmiformis Sarà, 1994
Species Tethya gladius Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla gladius (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya gravata Hyatt, 1878 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Tethya hebes Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla hebes (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya inflata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
Species Tethya infrequens Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Tethya innocens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Timea innocens (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Tethya koreana Rho & Sim, 1979 accepted as Halicometes koreana (Rho & Sim, 1979)
Species Tethya lacunata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Geodia lacunata (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Tethya limski Müller & Zahn, 1968 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya merguiensis Carter, 1883 accepted as Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867)
Species Tethya microstella Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Tethya morum Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya oscari Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Craniella schmidtii Sollas, 1886
Species Tethya penicilliformis Gray in Gray, 1821 accepted as Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1818)
Species Tethya philipensis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
Species Tethya pulvinata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Stelletta pulvinata (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Stellitethya repens (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Tethya robusta Carter, 1887 accepted as Cinachyrella robusta (Carter, 1887)
Species Tethya sagitta Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella sagitta (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya sansibarica Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla sansibarica (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya serica Lebwohl, 1914 accepted as Craniella serica (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Tethya sibirica Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Tetilla sibirica (Fristedt, 1887)
Species Tethya stipitata Carter, 1886 accepted as Amphitethya stipitata (Carter, 1886)
Species Tethya stylifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla leptoderma Sollas, 1886
Species Tethya unca Bowerbank, 1872 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Tethya vestita Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella vestita (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872 accepted as Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200)
To ITIS
Note  There is disagreement over the year in which Lamarck's publication appeared. Some references are 1814, others say 1815. We take here the conservative approach and settle for 1815. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132077
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya Lamarck, 1815. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 on 2013-05-21
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