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WoRMS taxon details
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]
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]Unverified
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]
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golfball sponge |
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