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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903 
AphiaID: 170966

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHadromerida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTethyidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTethya (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTethya Lamarck, 1815
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDonatia 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]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
South Africa
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNatal [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType 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 2014-03-09
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