WoRMS taxon details
Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886
170295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170295)
accepted
Species
Ancorina (Thenea) grayi (Sollas, 1886) · unaccepted
Ancorina (Thenea) grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted
Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Thenea grayi var. sulcata Wilson, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886 accepted as Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886 (junior synonym)
- Variety Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898 accepted as Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886 (junior synonym)
- Variety Thenea grayi var. sulcata Wilson, 1925 accepted as Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199.
page(s): 183 [details]
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65-67 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65-67 [details]
Type locality contained in Manning-Hawkesbury, Australian Exclusive...
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 grayi Sollas, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170295 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199.
page(s): 183 [details]
original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65-67 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898) Thiele, J. (1898). Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Japanische Demospongien. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24(1): 1-72, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. sulcata Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65-67 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898) Thiele, J. (1898). Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Japanische Demospongien. Zoologica. <em>Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart.</em> 24(1): 1-72, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. sulcata Wilson, 1925) Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details]
original description (of Thenea grayi var. grayi Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 65 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 278-279 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
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additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 188-189 [details]
additional source Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 27; note: as var. grayi [details]
additional source Wilson, H.V. (1925). Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. <i>In</i>: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 100 (2, part 4).
page(s): 278-279 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 188-189 [details]
additional source Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 27; note: as var. grayi [details]





Syntype BMNH 1889.1.1.26, geounit Manning-Hawkesbury [details]