Tethya

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Tethya
Puffball Sponge, Tethya aurantia.jpg
Tethya aurantium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tethyida
Family: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
Lamarck, 1815
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Alemo Wright, 1881
  • Amniscos Gray, 1867
  • Donatia Nardo, 1833
  • Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936
  • Tethea Johnston, 1842 [lapsus]
  • Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 [lapsus]
  • Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888
  • Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859

Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.[1] Members of this genus all have a spherical body form[2] and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.[3]

Species[]

The following species are recognised in the genus Tethya:[1]

  • Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Dendy & Burton, 1926
  • Lamarck, 1815
  • Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  • Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
  • Mácola & Menegola, 2018
  • Sarà, 1992
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • de Laubenfels, 1932
  • Sarà & Melone, 1965
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Sarà, Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993
  • Bergquist, 1961
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  • Thiele, 1898
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Sarà, 1992
  • Schmidt, 1870
  • Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Lendenfeld, 1888
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  • Lendenfeld, 1897
  • Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
  • Bowerbank, 1858
  • Sorokin, Ekins, Yang & Cárdenas, 2019
  • Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
  • Sollas, 1888
  • (Lendenfeld, 1888)
  • Sarà, 1988
  • Dawson, 1857[4]
  • Kirkpatrick, 1903
  • Selenka, 1879
  • Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
  • Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
  • Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  • Sarà, 1990
  • Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
  • (Burton, 1924)
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • (Carter, 1882)
  • Lendenfeld, 1888
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  • Bowerbank, 1872
  • Sarà, 1988
  • (Selenka, 1867)
  • Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
  • Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  • Sarà, 1990
  • Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  • (Thiele, 1905)
  • Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  • (Baer, 1906)
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • (Topsent, 1918)
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Sarà, 1992
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • (Bowerbank, 1873)
  • Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
  • Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  • Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
  • (Wright, 1881)
  • Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  • Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
  • Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Kim & Sim, 2005
  • (Dendy, 1916)
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
  • Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  • (de Laubenfels, 1936)
  • Sarà & Sarà, 2004
  • Sarà & Corriero, 1994
  • Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
  • Shim & Sim, 2008
  • Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
  • Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
  • (Baer, 1906)
  • Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001


  1. ^ a b http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 accessed 15 April 2019
  2. ^ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 978-1-77007-772-0
  3. ^ Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S. and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate Zoology ISBN 0-03-025982-7
  4. ^ Reitner, Joachim; Keupp, Helmut (2012-12-06). Fossil and Recent Sponges. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642756566.


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