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Tethya andamanensis (Dendy & Burton, 1926) 
AphiaID: 170935

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Donatia andamensis Dendy & Burton, 1926 (genus transfer)
Sources  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). Records of the Indian Museum 28 (4): 225-248. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): IMC R.N. XLII, 2, locality Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands, off Blair Point) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: Blair Point, Andamans [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170935
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-17 19:35:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-10-12 14:32:06Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya andamanensis (Dendy & Burton, 1926). 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=170935 on 2013-05-19
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