World Porifera Database - Species - Thenea andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926

Porifera taxon details

Thenea andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926

AphiaID

170285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170285)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thenea Gray, 1867

Original name

Thenea andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dendy, A.; Burton, M. (1926). Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator". Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetractinellida (pars). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 28(4): 225-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v28/i4/1926/163228
page(s): 235-237 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Indian Lower Bathyal Province, Andaman and...

type locality contained in Indian Lower Bathyal Province [details]
type locality contained in Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Thenea andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170285 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-02-14 13:23:48Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Dendy, A.; Burton, M. (1926). Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator". Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetractinellida (pars). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 28(4): 225-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v28/i4/1926/163228
page(s): 235-237 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype IMC R.N. XV, 1,2, geounit Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]

Definitions