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Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903 
AphiaID: 170966

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 magna (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Kirkpatrick, R. 1903b. Descriptions of South African Sponges.Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 233-264, pls V-VI. [details] [full text]

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]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1926a. Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongia and Astrotetraxonida. Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Rept. 4 (Special Rept. 9): 1-29, 6 pls. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Natal [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170966
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-09-23 11:59:15Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903. 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=170966 on 2013-05-25
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