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Tethya Lamarck, 1815

Lyncuria Nardo, 1834 description
Lyncuria Nardo, 1834 description

132077  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132077)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Tethyida (Order)
  7. Tethyidae (Family)
  8. Tethya (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Alcyonium aurantium Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Alemo Wright, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amniscos Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Donatia Nardo, 1833 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lyncuria Nardo, 1834 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tethea Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (misspelling for Tethyorrhaphis)
Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tethyum sensu Lieberkühn, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950
  2. Species Tethya acuta Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  3. Species Tethya amplexa Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  4. Species Tethya andamanensis (Dendy & Burton, 1926)
  5. Species Tethya annona Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
  6. Species Tethya asbestella Lamarck, 1815
  7. Species Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
  8. Species Tethya beatrizae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  9. Species Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
  10. Species Tethya bitylastra Mácola & Menegola, 2018
  11. Species Tethya boeroi Sarà, 1992
  12. Species Tethya brasiliana Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  13. Species Tethya bullae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  14. Species Tethya burtoni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  15. Species Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
  16. Species Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
  17. Species Tethya coccinea Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  18. Species Tethya communis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  19. Species Tethya comorensis Sarà, Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993
  20. Species Tethya compacta Bergquist, 1961
  21. Species Tethya cyanae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  22. Species Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
  23. Species Tethya dendyi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  24. Species Tethya densa Sarà, 1992
  25. Species Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870
  26. Species Tethya ensis Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  27. Species Tethya erici Díez-Vives, Santodomingo, Moles & Riesgo, 2024
  28. Species Tethya expansa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  29. Species Tethya fastigata Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  30. Species Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, 1888
  31. Species Tethya flexuosa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  32. Species Tethya gigantea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  33. Species Tethya globostellata Lendenfeld, 1897
  34. Species Tethya globum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  35. Species Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
  36. Species Tethya gunni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  37. Species Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
  38. Species Tethya hooperi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  39. Species Tethya ignis Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  40. Species Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858)
  41. Species Tethya irisae Sorokin, Ekins, Yang & Cárdenas, 2019
  42. Species Tethya irregularis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
  43. Species Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888
  44. Species Tethya laevis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  45. Species Tethya levii Sarà, 1988
  46. Species Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903
  47. Species Tethya martini Riesgo, Giribet & Santodomingo, 2024
  48. Species Tethya maza Selenka, 1879
  49. Species Tethya melinka Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
  50. Species Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
  51. Species Tethya mexicana Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  52. Species Tethya microstella Sarà, 1990
  53. Species Tethya minuta Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
  54. Species Tethya monstrosa (Burton, 1924)
  55. Species Tethya mortoni Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  56. Species Tethya multifida (Carter, 1882)
  57. Species Tethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888
  58. Species Tethya muricyi Payne, Samaai & Gibbons, 2025
  59. Species Tethya nicolae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  60. Species Tethya norvegica (Bowerbank, 1872)
  61. Species Tethya novaecaledoniae Sarà, 1988
  62. Species Tethya nux (Selenka, 1867)
  63. Species Tethya omanensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
  64. Species Tethya orioni Kenny, Santodomingo & Riesgo, 2024
  65. Species Tethya ornata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  66. Species Tethya orphei Sarà, 1990
  67. Species Tethya ovum Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  68. Species Tethya papillosa (Thiele, 1905)
  69. Species Tethya paroxeata Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  70. Species Tethya parvistella (Baer, 1906)
  71. Species Tethya parvula Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  72. Species Tethya pellis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  73. Species Tethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918)
  74. Species Tethya popae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  75. Species Tethya pulchra Sarà, 1992
  76. Species Tethya pulitzeri Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  77. Species Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
  78. Species Tethya rubra Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  79. Species Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  80. Species Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
  81. Species Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881)
  82. Species Tethya simi Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  83. Species Tethya simoni Santodomingo, Zea & Riesgo, 2024
  84. Species Tethya socius Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  85. Species Tethya solangeae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  86. Species Tethya sollasi Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  87. Species Tethya songakensis Kim & Sim, 2005
  88. Species Tethya sorbetus Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
  89. Species Tethya sphaerica Fleming, 1828
  90. Species Tethya stellagrandis (Dendy, 1916)
  91. Species Tethya stellodermis Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  92. Species Tethya stolonifera Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  93. Species Tethya strongylata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  94. Species Tethya taboga (de Laubenfels, 1936)
  95. Species Tethya tasmaniae Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  96. Species Tethya tenuisclera Sarà & Corriero, 1994
  97. Species Tethya topsenti Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  98. Species Tethya uljinensis Shim & Sim, 2008
  99. Species Tethya vacua Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
  100. Species Tethya varians Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
  101. Species Tethya viridis (Baer, 1906)
  102. Species Tethya wilhelma Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
  103. Species Tethya abyssorum Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  104. Species Tethya affinis Kirkpatrick, 1900 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 (junior synonym)
  105. Species Tethya amamensis Thiele, 1898 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 (junior synonym)
  106. Species Tethya antarctica Carter, 1872 accepted as Cinachyra antarctica (Carter, 1872) (genus transfer)
  107. Species Tethya arabica Carter, 1869 accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) (genus transfer)
  108. Species Tethya armata Baer, 1906 accepted as Craniella armata (Baer, 1906) (genus transfer)
  109. Species Tethya atropurpurea Carter, 1870 accepted as Craniella atropurpurea (Carter, 1870) (genus transfer)
  110. Species Tethya aurantia accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (misspelling of species name)
  111. Species Tethya australiensis Carter, 1886 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  112. Species Tethya australis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991 accepted as Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 (preoccupied)
  113. Species Tethya bistellata Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
  114. Species Tethya carnosus (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
  115. Species Tethya casula Carter, 1871 accepted as Tetilla casula (Carter, 1871)
  116. Species Tethya caudata Deszö, 1879 accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  117. Species Tethya cavernosa Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Cinachyrella cavernosa (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
  118. Species Tethya clavigera Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Cinachyrella clavigera (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
  119. Species Tethya cliftoni Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
  120. Species Tethya coactifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  121. Species Tethya cometes Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  122. Species Tethya coronida (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Tetilla coronida Sollas, 1888
  123. Species Tethya corticata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
  124. Species Tethya cranium (Müller, 1776) accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer)
  125. Species Tethya crassispicula Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Cinachyra crassispicula (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  126. Species Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) accepted as Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) (genus transfer)
  127. Species Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869 accepted as Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869) (genus transfer)
  128. Species Tethya gemmiformis Burton & Rao in Sarà, 1994 accepted as Burtonitethya gemmiformis Sarà, 1994 (manuscript name)
  129. Species Tethya gladius Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla gladius (Lendenfeld, 1907)
  130. Species Tethya gravata Hyatt, 1878 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  131. Species Tethya hebes Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla hebes (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  132. Species Tethya inflata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
  133. Species Tethya infrequens Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  134. Species Tethya innocens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Timea innocens (Schmidt, 1870)
  135. Species Tethya japonica (Lampe, 1886) accepted as Tetilla japonica Lampe, 1886 (genus transfer)
  136. Species Tethya koreana Rho & Sim, 1979 accepted as Halicometes koreana (Rho & Sim, 1979) (genus transfer)
  137. Species Tethya lacunata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Geodia lacunata (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
  138. Species Tethya leptoderma (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Antarctotetilla leptoderma (Sollas, 1886)
  139. Species Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010 accepted as Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
  140. Species Tethya limski Müller & Zahn, 1968 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  141. Species Tethya lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  142. Species Tethya merguiensis Carter, 1883 accepted as Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  143. Species Tethya morum Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
  144. Species Tethya muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858)
  145. Species Tethya oscari Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Craniella schmidtii Sollas, 1886 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  146. Species Tethya ovata (Thiele, 1898) accepted as Craniella ovata Thiele, 1898
  147. Species Tethya penicilliformis Gray in Gray, 1821 accepted as Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  148. Species Tethya philipensis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
  149. Species Tethya pilosa (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  150. Species Tethya pulvinata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Stelletta pulvinata (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
  151. Species Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Stellitethya repens (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  152. Species Tethya robusta Carter, 1887 accepted as Cinachyrella robusta (Carter, 1887) (genus transfer)
  153. Species Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 accepted as Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  154. Species Tethya sagitta Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla sagitta (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  155. Species Tethya sansibarica Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla sansibarica (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  156. Species Tethya serica Lebwohl, 1914 accepted as Tetilla serica (Lebwohl, 1914) (genus transfer)
  157. Species Tethya sibirica Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Tetilla sibirica (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
  158. Species Tethya stellata (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
  159. Species Tethya stipitata Carter, 1886 accepted as Amphitethya stipitata (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
  160. Species Tethya stylifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla leptoderma (Sollas, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  161. Species Tethya unca Bowerbank, 1872 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  162. Species Tethya vestita Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella vestita (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
  163. Species Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872 accepted as Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Tethya Lamarck, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 on 2025-07-15
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tethea Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Donatia Nardo, 1833) 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. <em>In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).</em> [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888) 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888) 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amniscos Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 542 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Alemo Wright, 1881) Wright, E.P. (1881). On a new genus and species of a sponge (<i>Alemo seychellensis</i>) with supposed heteromorphic zooids. <em>Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 28: 13-20, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

original description (of Tethyum sensu Lieberkühn, 1859) Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lyncuria Nardo, 1834) Nardo, G. D. (1834). De Spongiis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> 714-716.
page(s): 715 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 521 [details] 

additional source Sarà, M; Gaino, E. (1987). Interspecific variation in arrangement and morphology of micrasters of <i>Tethya</i> species (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 107: 313-317. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sarà, M. (1997). Species diversity and ecology of the genus <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera Demospongiae) in coral reefs. <em>Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 2: 1383-1386.
page(s): 1383, Table 1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Publication date 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]
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LanguageName 
Japanese タマカイメン属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donatia) (from synonym Donatia Nardo, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethea) (from synonym Tethea Johnston, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethya) 
To Genbank (from synonym Donatia Nardo, 1833)
To Genbank (from synonym Tethea Johnston, 1842)
To Genbank 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200) 
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001397.PR) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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