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Tethya caudata
Deszö, 1879
AphiaID
194378
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194378)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Tethyida
(Order)
Tethyidae
(Family)
Tethya
(Genus)
Tethya caudata
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer & junior synonym)
Accepted name
Halicometes stellata
(Schmidt, 1870)
Rank
Species
Parent
Tethya
Lamarck, 1815
Original name
Tethya caudata
Deszö, 1879
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Deszö, B. 1879. Die Histiologie und Sprossenentwicklung der Tethyen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 16.
[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.
Tethya caudata
Deszö, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=194378 on 2026-09-27
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-03-05 14:49:40Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)
Specimens (1)
Links (2)
original description
Deszö, B. 1879. Die Histiologie und Sprossenentwicklung der Tethyen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 16.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Unknown type
ZMUB, geounit Greater Antilles
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
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