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Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 
AphiaID: 170947

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 deformis (Thiele, 1898) (genus transfer)
Donatia lyncurium var. australis Kirk, 1911 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tethya affinis Kirkpatrick, 1900 (junior synonym)
Tethya amamensis Thiele, 1898 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Japanische Demospongien. Zoologica. Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart 24(1): 1-72, pls I-VIII. [details] [full text]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

original description (from synonym): Kirk, H.B. 1911. Sponges collected at the Kermadec Islands by Mr. W.R.B. Oliver. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 43: 574-581, pl. XXVII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

original description (from synonym): Kirkpatrick, R. 1900a. On the Sponges of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141, pls XII-XIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

new combination reference (from synonym): Burton, M. 1924a. A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Central Kuroshio Current [details]
Christmas Island Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island [details]
Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Notes  Holotype: ZMB [details]

Type locality: Japan [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170947
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-06-02 08:32:12Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898. 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=170947 on 2013-06-18
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