WoRMS name details
Tethya cometes Schmidt, 1879
194377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194377)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
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Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [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 cometes Schmidt, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194377 on 2024-08-17
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Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 78 [details]
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). [details] Available for editors
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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). [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78 [details]
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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). [details] Available for editors
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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). [details] Available for editors
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From other sources
Holotype BMNH 1939.2.10.38, BMNH 1870.5.3.98 [details]