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Thenea Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 132019

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Theneidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Tethea muricata Bowerbank, 1858 (type by monotypy)
Parent Theneidae Carter, 1883
Synonymised
taxa
  Clavellomorpha Hansen, 1885 (junior synonym)
Dorvillia Kent, 1870 (junior synonym)
Tisiphonia Thomson, 1869 (junior synonym)
Wyvillethomsonia Wright, 1870 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Steenstrup, E.; Tendal, O.S. 1982. The genus Thenea (Porifera. Demospongia, Choristida) in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters; an annotated key. Sarsia 67(4): 259-268. [details]

basis of record: Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp. [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Hansen, G.A. 1885. Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kent, W. Saville 1870c. On a New Anchoring Sponge, Dorvillia agariciformis. Monthly Microscopical Journal 4(1): 293-295, pl. LXVIfigs 1-19. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Thomson, C.W. 1869a. On Holtenia, a Genus and of Vitreus Sponges. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 18: 32-35. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Wright, E.P. 1870. Notes on Sponges. 1, On Hyalonema mirabilis,Gray. 2, Aphrocallistes Bocagei sp. nov. 3, On a new Genus and Species of Deep Sea Sponge. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 10:1-9, pls I-III. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Thenea abyssorum Koltun, 1964
Species Thenea andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926
Species Thenea bojeadori Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea calyx Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea centrotyla Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea compacta Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea compressa Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea corallophila Dendy & Burton, 1926
Species Thenea delicata Sollas, 1886
Species Thenea echinata (Verrill, 1874)
Species Thenea echinata Wilson, 1904
Species Thenea fenestrata (Schmidt, 1880)
Species Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886
Species Thenea hemisphaerica Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea irregularis Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea lamelliformis Wilson, 1904
Species Thenea levis Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea malindiae Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea megaspina Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea megastrella Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea mesotriaena Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea microclada Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea microspina Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea microspirastra Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Thenea multiformis Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Thenea nicobarensis Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea novaezealandiae Bergquist, 1961
Species Thenea nucula Thiele, 1898
Species Thenea pendula Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea pyriformis Wilson, 1904
Species Thenea rotunda Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea schmidti Sollas, 1886
Species Thenea shimodensis Hoshino, 1982
Species Thenea tyla Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea valdiviae Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Thenea wrighti Sollas, 1886
Species Thenea wyvillei Sollas, 1886

Species Thenea intermedia Sollas, 1888 accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Thenea wallichii (Wright, 1870) accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132019
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-08-01 12:12:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-12-05 19:30:18Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-02-14 13:23:48Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-04-19 09:30:54Z  changed  Boury-Esnault, Nicole
  
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  Citation: Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2013). Thenea Gray, 1867. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132019 on 2013-05-22
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